The Worth of a Man

How has your self-esteem been lately? Do you feel like you are valuable as a human being? What's your self worth? These are questions we are all faced with during our short stay on this earth. I want to examine Psalm 8 today. If you haven't read my experience with this chapter, I encourage you to look at the previous post. 

David begins this Psalm in the same manner that he begins many: praising the Lord. God will bless His people and He loves when we give him glory and honor. David acknowledges the Lord's omnipotence straight away. 

Even as an infant, God ordains us with power from on high. We gain spiritual strength that only a true Lord and Savior can give us. Not only has He ordained us, He has ordained the "heavens [and] the moon and the stars". Our God is a wonderful, amazing, loving God. 

"What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" We are nothing, for sin has corrupted an incorruptible creation... not because we are perfect, but our Father in heaven is perfect. The Psalmist goes on to further state, that we are "a little lower than the angels, and.. crowned.. with glory and honour." This is an astonishing position for lowly man to have. We are not worthy... but Jesus is.

We have been put in charge of the earth! Our Father gave us a world to inhabit and a world to affect in one way or another. "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet". He also gave authority over every single one of the animals. Whether it be the birds, or the fish or your dog, Spot! "O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!"

In conclusion, the worth of a man is truly priceless. We are our Father's beloved Creation, and He is our perfect Master. The blood of Jesus is the only thing seperating me from being a sinner, or a Child of God... and I choose Jesus.

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Psalm 8

Wow! This such a powerful chapter. IT allows us a glimpse of our Creator's perspective of mankind; He is truly a loving God.  I would like to give a commentary on this passage, if you will give me the time, but first I want to tell you an event that happened just today. 

My wife was driving to a friends house, and it was starting to get dark out. She was concerned about driving by herself at night, considering she was traveling to a rural about thirty minutes away. As I was enjoying the [relatively] cool South Carolina air, my phone rang. It was my wife and she said a really amazing thing had just happened to her. The humidity on the slightly cool night, had caused the windshield of her car to fog up. 

She immediately peered into the glass, as the passage, "Psalm 8" appeared on her windshield. It was as if someone had ran their finger through the condensation on the glass. I praised God and wasted no time in turning  to Psalms in my Bible. I found a treasure. 

Please read the next post if this strikes a chord in your heart. I will begin to elaborate on the eighth chapter of Psalms.