This right-sized view comes, in part, as a result of our recognition that we know what we know about God because God reveals it to us. Hallelujah! He has stepped into our experience and rescued us from all that separates us from Himself. A Bible Devotion from Psalm 8 O Lord, Our Lord, How Excellent is Your Name in all the Earth When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? David begins with the exclamation, “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, who have displayed Your sp… What is man that thou art mindful of him? Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. See Psalms on "Psalms 8:3" for further information. Reflection from True Religion (pt. (Psalm 8:1) The Psalm is directed to the LORD. Psalm 8:3 "When I consider." The spatial heavens are the theater of his glory, that is, his splendor, majesty,power,beauty, and his light. God’s strength, majesty and wisdom are often hidden in apparent weakness and folly. What I mean by this is that man is “in between” the animal life, and heavenly life. But the initiative – the offer – comes from Him…by grace. Meditation fits for humiliation. Copyright 2021, Gateway Community Church. O Lord, our heav'nly King, Thy name is all divine; Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heav'ns they shine. so sinful a creature, that he should be thus favoured! How does the Psalmist describe God’s place? The phrase, the name of the LORD, refers to His person, words, works, attributes and perfections. Meditation on Psalm 8 Meditation on Psalm 8 John Hanson from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland prepared this beautiful reflection of Psalm 8. Show us Thy Scars, we know the countersign. Hallelujah, there actually is a “new Creation” for He who made it all declares, “Behold I make all things New”. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. That is the comforting assurance in the Word of God. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;(Psalm 8:3). But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Commentary on Psalm 8:3-9 (Read Psalm 8:3-9) We are to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to set his affections on things above. Whole Psalm. In his fallen state, man is noble and bestial at the same time. If only there was a new Adam…a new Son of Man, for a new Creation. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. The phrase, the name of the LORD, refers to His person, words, works, attributes and perfections. Christian Meditation Psalms on Hope. 2) On Sunday, we talked about right-sizing our view of ourselves. Words really can’t do it justice. ( Log Out / Retailers are literally banking on it! Everything breaks down and all of man’s accomplishments are written on sand. Psalm 8: 3-4, NKJV Psalm 2: The Reign of the LORD’s Anointed Before an expanse so vast that it frightens me. She asked us all to close our eyes and remember a situation in which we felt truly loved and secure. A Psalm of David. *** Midweek meditations is a short devotional podcast to encourage Christians in God's Word as we journey and wrestle through life together. ( Log Out / Every week in 2020, I’ll post new guided meditation videos on one verse from each psalm on YouTube and in my Facebook group. behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? If, when the doors are shut, Thou drawest near, We must have sight of thorn-pricks on Thy brow, Chapter 8 This psalm is a solemn meditation on, and admiration of, the glory and greatness of God, of which we are all concerned to think highly and honourably. With this in mind, read Psalm 8. That just means, the author wrote it to reflect and meditate on something. We know not our time! On the instrument of Gath. Lord Jesus, by Thy Scars, we claim Thy grace. The Glory of God in Creation. ( I Kings 8:27), 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. Once on the way to heavenly glory, always on the way to that unending glory. I am standing on top of a mountain. Psalm 8 Meditation. We marvel at technological accomplishments, yet wonder why they always get put to the service of evil. Yet the planets are held in orbit with mathematical precision. Try to put this in your own words and say it to God right now in prayer. We, for our part, must accept what He has offered. Truly the earth is a small speck of dust in a vast amphitheater! But to our wounds only God’s wounds can speak, He mentions the Son of man, who will be revealed as God incarnate, Immanuel,”God with us”, the representative man. Thine eyes burn through the dark, our only stars; Welcome! David knew that although the Lord hated the workers of iniquity, He took no pleasure in wickedness. The key assumption named here is this: Fallenness and all, human beings are God’s agents in the world. This is a meditation on Psalm 8 in words, music, and pictures. Psalm 8:1 (NIV) This psalm speaks of the glory of God. In all the universe we have no place. And in particular he’s meditating on man’s place in relation to nature. He condescends, “the Lord looked down from heaven…”, he expresses His concern for us to the point that He entered into our world, and fully experienced our humanity, even suffering and dying with us. We are allowed to listen in on the conversation, and to let the Psalm be our own prayer as well. How does this connect to the day you’re about to have (or you just had if you’re doing this at night)? Read with other people and talk about what you see. 8: A Poetic Meditation. But man is not an Angel, nor is man divine. We are allowed to listen in on the conversation, and to let the Psalm be our own prayer as well. The word The Psalmist uses for ‘man’ here is Enosh which means ‘the frail’. 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? The “morning” is usually the best time to meditate on the Lord and to pray. 42350 Tall Cedars Parkway Man is mediate. And this is not just concerning our past, and our connection with God. God put into place a “curse of futility” as soon as man fell. In other words, Psalm 8 needs a savior. In this case, the author is David, and he’s reflecting on nature. In Jesus, the last Adam and the New Son of Man, there is a new beginning, a new humanity, redeemed from the effects of the fall, cleansed by His blood, restored back to God and to the glory which we once fell short of. (Psalm 8:1). 1. or the son of man that thou visitest him? He says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith.” In other words, we have a connection with God because God has graciously extended Himself toward us. Read prayerfully. You may be familiar with Paul’s refrain from Ephesians 2. What a wonderful reminder at the end of verse 3 – “and will look up.” The comparative insignificance of humanity. It frames the content of the Psalm in the praise of the majesty of God. (Hebrews 2:6-8), O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! God wouldn’t want man to make a life for himself here on earth as though he needed not God! If we have never sought, we seek Thee now; This Psalm of David begins and ends with the same phrase, “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth” (ESV). For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. Yet, as we meditate on the words of Psalm 8:2, the psalmist reveals a simple response to the challenges of life and faith. Psalm 8 – A Meditation. Psalm 8 virtually begins and ends in the same way speaking of God's majestic name. Man was given dominion, he was made to be a steward of the earth, and to rule. (Psalm 8:4). In this Psalm David speaks of the glory of God, and how the glory of man and his destiny reflects upon God. W. Wilson, D.D., in loc. Autoplay next video. 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