[Ps 8]
1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honour.
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:
7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
1) Children / Infants VS Enemies / Foe / Avenger: children / infants are no match of enemies / foe / avenger
2) Man VS Heavens: man is no match of the Heavens
Yet His Majesty is mindful of us; care for us; crown us with glory & honour; made us ruler of His creation!
This week, our grandson Sebby turned 6 months old.
I witnessed his growth week by week from a tiny 6lbs + at birth to about 20lbs today. Indeed from the day Sebby was conceived in his mother’s womb, God the Creator has been at work.
[Ps 139:13-16]
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
What touched me most about Ps 8 was the contrast of an infant with an enemy!
In New King James version, [Ps 8:2] reads:
"Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger."
A baby is vulnerable, totally helpless. He or she is defenseless in the face of an enemy. Yet, God protects him or her from harm!
From about 2 months, Sebby was not happy just lying down. He wanted to be held so that he could stand up.
At 4 months, he became more active, moving his arms like a young bird flapping the wings.
At 5 months, he enjoyed bouncing, when he was held standing up. When lying on his back, he could roll over by himself.
At 6 months, he became very agile, finding his feet with his hands and putting them in his mouth. :)
Yet, even at 6 months, he still could hardly sit up properly by himself!
Sebby enjoys singing, esp. praise songs, although he does it in his own way that babies do. But we can see that he is happy although he has not got the understanding of God yet.
I claim God’s promises that He is mindful of us; He cares for us; He crowns us with glory & honour and He makes us ruler of His creation!
We are made for doing great things because that is God’s design intent for mankind, the crown of His Creation.
As I live each day with that expectation, I begin to see the promises coming true in my work, in my ministries, in every aspect of my life!
Justice and righteousness are the foundation of God’s throne; the foundation of His City where we will dwell for eternity one day. These are eternal values that God has established and they hold true even in the sinful world we live in. “When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan…….By justice a king gives a country stability, but one who is greedy for bribes tears it down……An evil man is snared by his own sin, but a righteous one can sing and be glad. The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern…… If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure……When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall…….The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright.” [Prov 29:2,4,6,7,14,16,27 NIV]
