Scripture Nugget 1.18.2017
Scripture Read – Psalms 6-8
Nugget Psalm 8:1-9
“O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”
“You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor. You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.”
“O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”
Devotional thought: The first and ninth verses are understated, probably to make a point and help humanity not feel quite so small within creation. O LORD how majestic is your name in all creation – how much larger are you great Creator than that which you have created; is a more accurate statement….. Notice though, how God places humanity into creation, gives us an elevated and responsible role. Next time I or you begin to feel small remember you are made a little lower than God, crowned with His glory and honor and been given dominion over the works of His hands……. To me this gives a new and fresh perspective on being fruitful and multiplying – going and making disciples. O Lord, our God, the one and only God, how majestic is your name in all the earth!