The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 8:1,
"Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"
Just like bookends, as they say, this phrase both begins and ends this wonderful psalm of David. The majesty of the Lord, of his name, captures David's thoughts and focus in this psalm. David points to the reach of God's majesty impacting even little ones, "children and infants". God's majesty even brings praise from them!
David rightfully observes that the grand magnificence of the Lord's majesty renders the obvious question: why does he even give us a second thought? Nevertheless he has given us our place in his creation, a creation that is overwhelmingly dominated by his majesty.
Although the majesty of the Lord may be lost on some, whatever loss there may be with them is due entirely to the shallow perception they share with the rest of lost and fallen mankind - walking around in a spiritual darkness.
There is a very important and practical function of God's majesty in this life - it draws people to him. The entire purpose of this age in which we live is to find God and embrace him in faith. He is building his kingdom. We are quite naturally drawn to the magnificent, to the majestic, to that which is great and exalted.
As an example: people do not go to visit the Grand Canyon for the first time because "it ain't no big deal." People go to see it because of what they have heard of it. Think of those things you are drawn to. Your motivation to see, observe, know and experience those things for the first time is directly related to how magnificent, how majestic you have been led to believe they are. Follow up visits, follow up experiences are motivated by how grand you found them.
As the Lord draws men to himself, John 6:44, John 12:32, his majestic magnificence plays a key role when we share our excitement about the Lord with others. This is how, even in the presence of God's enemies, his foes, God's praise, even from children and infants is a stronghold for God's agenda of the redemption of mankind.
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
"Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"
Just like bookends, as they say, this phrase both begins and ends this wonderful psalm of David. The majesty of the Lord, of his name, captures David's thoughts and focus in this psalm. David points to the reach of God's majesty impacting even little ones, "children and infants". God's majesty even brings praise from them!
David rightfully observes that the grand magnificence of the Lord's majesty renders the obvious question: why does he even give us a second thought? Nevertheless he has given us our place in his creation, a creation that is overwhelmingly dominated by his majesty.
Although the majesty of the Lord may be lost on some, whatever loss there may be with them is due entirely to the shallow perception they share with the rest of lost and fallen mankind - walking around in a spiritual darkness.
There is a very important and practical function of God's majesty in this life - it draws people to him. The entire purpose of this age in which we live is to find God and embrace him in faith. He is building his kingdom. We are quite naturally drawn to the magnificent, to the majestic, to that which is great and exalted.
As an example: people do not go to visit the Grand Canyon for the first time because "it ain't no big deal." People go to see it because of what they have heard of it. Think of those things you are drawn to. Your motivation to see, observe, know and experience those things for the first time is directly related to how magnificent, how majestic you have been led to believe they are. Follow up visits, follow up experiences are motivated by how grand you found them.
As the Lord draws men to himself, John 6:44, John 12:32, his majestic magnificence plays a key role when we share our excitement about the Lord with others. This is how, even in the presence of God's enemies, his foes, God's praise, even from children and infants is a stronghold for God's agenda of the redemption of mankind.
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
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