God's Most Magnificent Creation

 

 

(Glacier National Park/Photo credit: Pete Garvin)

 

  “O Lord, our God,

How wonderful 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 set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    or human beings that you care for them?

You have made them little less than the angels
    and crowned them with glory and honor.

You have given them rule over the works of your hands,

    putting all things under their feet.

O Lord, our God,
    how wonderful is your name through all the earth!”

--Psalm 8:1, 3-6, 10

 

Have you ever gazed at Lake Superior, or gasped from a mountaintop, or marveled at photos taken from space? The vastness and magnificence of the universe are impossible for us to comprehend, yet we are God’s most precious creation.  Read Psalm 8 again: He made us ‘little less than the angels.’ Our Mighty God, the Omnipotent Creator of the universe, created you and made you holy!

The wonder and awe of His loving creation is hitting home for us as we’re basking in the recent birth of our fourth grandchild. This tiny baby girl is a miracle – all of us are miracles! In His supreme goodness, God created and cherishes all of us: both male and female, both rich and poor, all races, all colors and shapes and sizes, all degrees of intelligence, all levels of physical ability, and regardless of whether we’re born in a hospital or house or hut or manger.

God is the creator of the universe; let yourself believe that He cares for you above all His other wondrous creations. 

God’s love for you is immeasurable; let yourself receive His love. 

God gives you life; let yourself want to live with and for Him. 

God gives you His grace, and He gives you people who love you; let yourself be overcome with gratitude.

Let’s consider all the works of God’s hand, and marvel at what and who He has created. Let’s contemplate His infinite goodness, and see ourselves and each other as He sees us: precious, lovable, and valuable beyond anything imaginable. Let’s join the psalmist in praising God and letting our hearts and minds burst with joy and thanksgiving over His immense love for us:

” Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
     Worship the Lord with gladness;
    come before him with joyful songs.
 Know that the Lord is God.
    It is he who made us, and we are his;
    we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.”

--Psalm 100:1-3

 

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