Psalm 8  

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

This time of year, I like to sit outside in the evenings and light a fire in the pit. I watch the sun go down and the stars start to show up. I talk to God and let the beauty of His creation fill and thrill my soul. And I realize how profoundly blessed I have been in my life.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

Why does God care about me? Earlier this month I shared that these days when people ask me how I am doing, more often than not I reply, “Better than I deserve.” I truly believe that. Why in the world has God given me so much when others have so little? It has little to do with who I am or what I have done, and everything to do with who God is and what He has done for me.

He loves me. He wants the best for me. And He has done what was needed to make sure that I could be forgiven and restored and spend eternity with Him. Jesus took care of all that with the sacrifice of His perfection on the altar of the cross. That opens heaven for everyone who will take advantage of what He offers us.

The writer of Hebrews quotes this Psalm and applies the words to who Jesus is and what He has done for us.

Hebrews 2:6–9 But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor and put everything under his feet.” In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

So I try to live a life of grateful response to Him. Part of that is volunteering for Disaster Response and Habitat for Humanity and going down to Mexico to build a house for a pastor there. However, it should also be the way I live my life each day, how I treat my wife and children and neighbors.

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

Help me to share that with others by the way I live.