THE MAJESTIC GOD CARES ABOUT US! (1 OF 6)
The Majestic God Cares About Us! (1 of 6)
Series: Summer in the Psalms
Jonathan McLeod
Psalm 8
When I look at 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, and the son of man that you care for him? (vv. 3-4).
STAR GAZING
Psalm 8 is a hymn of praise written by David. In the psalm, David talks about the stars that God has made (v. 4). In his younger days, David was a shepherd boy. And I'm sure there were many nights when David would lie on his back and gaze at the stars. Today we know much more about the stars than David ever did.
How many stars do you think there are? There are many more stars that the naked eye can see. In our galaxy alone, there are about 400 billion stars. And according to one recent estimate, there are at least 2 trillion galaxies. Other than the sun, the closest star to earth is Proxima Centauri-4.2 light years away. If you traveled in the world's fastest spacecraft, it would take you 70,000 years to reach that star.
This isn't science class, so we'll stop there. But I think you get my point. We live in an immense universe. And when we think about the God who created the universe, we agree with the words David wrote 3,000 years ago: ''O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!''
[Read Psalm 8.]
GOD'S BIGNESS AND OUR LITTLENESS
Psalm 8 begins and ends the same way: ''O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!'' (vv. 1a, 9). In the original Hebrew, ''Lord'' is Yahweh. Yahweh is God's name. So we could read verse 1 this way: ''O Yahweh, our Lord....'' The meaning of the name is ''I am who I am'' (Exod. 3:14). God is unchanging. He is who he is and that will never change.
Yahweh will forever be a ''majestic'' God. The same Hebrew word that has been trans-lated ''majestic'' is also found in Psalm 93:4, but in this verse it's translated ''mighty'': ''Mightier than the thunders of many waters ...
Series: Summer in the Psalms
Jonathan McLeod
Psalm 8
When I look at 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, and the son of man that you care for him? (vv. 3-4).
STAR GAZING
Psalm 8 is a hymn of praise written by David. In the psalm, David talks about the stars that God has made (v. 4). In his younger days, David was a shepherd boy. And I'm sure there were many nights when David would lie on his back and gaze at the stars. Today we know much more about the stars than David ever did.
How many stars do you think there are? There are many more stars that the naked eye can see. In our galaxy alone, there are about 400 billion stars. And according to one recent estimate, there are at least 2 trillion galaxies. Other than the sun, the closest star to earth is Proxima Centauri-4.2 light years away. If you traveled in the world's fastest spacecraft, it would take you 70,000 years to reach that star.
This isn't science class, so we'll stop there. But I think you get my point. We live in an immense universe. And when we think about the God who created the universe, we agree with the words David wrote 3,000 years ago: ''O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!''
[Read Psalm 8.]
GOD'S BIGNESS AND OUR LITTLENESS
Psalm 8 begins and ends the same way: ''O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!'' (vv. 1a, 9). In the original Hebrew, ''Lord'' is Yahweh. Yahweh is God's name. So we could read verse 1 this way: ''O Yahweh, our Lord....'' The meaning of the name is ''I am who I am'' (Exod. 3:14). God is unchanging. He is who he is and that will never change.
Yahweh will forever be a ''majestic'' God. The same Hebrew word that has been trans-lated ''majestic'' is also found in Psalm 93:4, but in this verse it's translated ''mighty'': ''Mightier than the thunders of many waters ...
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