# 16. 2017 Dev. Ps. 8:1 God’s Majesty! Read all of Ps. 8. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God by memorizing selected passages of Scripture. Further, to view the passage in context and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living with family, friends and others. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 8:1
Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
Ps. 8 is bracketed with v.1a and v.9, in-between are two sections, God’s glory and God’s reference to man. Surely God’s glory is all around us! The Psalmist talks about the heavenly host; the moon and the stars “set in place by God’s fingers”. There are still a few places in the world where it is really dark because there is no man made light. On a clear night the heavenly lights are overwhelming, that is what David is talking about here. But in contrast David also writes: “Through the praise of (small) children and infants you have established a stronghold” to hold back and to defeat evil. It is hard for us to imagine that God empowers the innocent, the vulnerable, the praise of the helpless.
Verse 4 is the center of this Psalm. There is a shift from God’s work to man. How is it possible God that in your great power you reach out to man and the children of man? When confronted with God’s glory we immediately see our own short comings! Yet, “We are a little lower that the angels” and you have put much of creation in our hands. We are co-reagents with you Lord in our responsibility to care for the earth. Hebrews 2: 6-8 attributes Ps. 8:4-8 as a reference to Jesus: “But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone” (v.6-11}. Hebrews point is that Jesus is also fully human. Yet these verses also refer to us, mankind: Hebrews points out in v.11: “Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters”. We speak of the true church of Jesus.
Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth! Amen!
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