Thursday, January 7, 2010

what is man?

Psalm 8:1 O LORD, our Lord,
         How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
         Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
 
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
         The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
 4 What is man that You are mindful of him,
         And the son of man that You visit him?
 5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
         And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
         You have put all things under his feet
 
Psalm 8 is such a beautiful poem, both for the choice of words and for the grand thoughts conveyed.  It helps us think "big picture" about who the Lord is, who we are, and how we are connected.  Because we live in a world of men, filled with the work, problems and crises of men I think we tend to forget that there is more to God's creation than men....a lot more.  And because verse 6 is true, we have quite a bit of control and impact on other works of God all around us.  But, I think we have let verse 6 go to our heads.  We tend to think that because we have a measure of control over the natural world that we are the rulers of the world.  We forget that our strength, intelligence and accomplishments are all explained by God's design which has "made him(us) to have dominion....and "put all things under his(our) feet".  We need to remember why David started Psalm 8 at verse 1 rather than verse 6! 
 
blessings,
Rob Smith

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