Psalms 8

I like Psalms 8.

1 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.
2 From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise [b]
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings [c]
and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:

7 all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

I like this psalm because it esteems God who is above all things. This is Echoed again in Hebrews 2 where the Author articulates that God is to be esteemed as Christ was made like one of us- humbled Himself, even though God Himself- and made Himself like one of us. Christ humbled Himself when seeing the Glory of God and His amazingness.

We may read this and say wow....God gave us all these things. And while that may be a good thing for us- we forget who it is that bestows this upon us. When we come face to face with our God- and we are forced to look at ourselves- it is no wonder that we would be humbled. Coming face to face with someone who is more beautiful and more lovely than us- then looking at ourselves- doing a little comparison- i am forced to wonder something more than simply God's beauty and Glory.

I am confronted with my own sinfulness- and am more amazed to and perplexed as to why God would want to be with me....or why He would even bestow upon me all the wonders of who He is.

I am undeserving- i really deserve punishment of some kind. Whether or not it is harsh or gentle punishment- it is still punishment. But instead- He demonstrates His love to us even while we were still sinners- even NOW as we are STILL sinners....

He crowns us- undeserving of it all- and seeing the HUmility of our King- i am transformed and bamboozled about this- that My King would humble Himself like so- and seek to CALL AND PURPOSE sinners to be His people- to set them on the same level and status as Christ- with all the rights of His Children- of royalty....i am feeling undeserving- feeling overwhelmed- feeling humbled- and feeling like giving it all back in praise to My God- to My Father. wow....that i would call Him my Father- where i have come from- with all my brokenness and sin- to be called to live with Him and to KNOW Him....and to be PART of HIM.