WHO BUT GOD COULD HAVE “PLAN IT” THAT WAY?

David begins the 8^th Psalm by focusing on God’s magnificence.  He is not just Lord but Lord of many.  His authority is to be revered throughout the earth, though His brilliance and splendor take up their residence far out of man’s view.  The very fact that we can’t see Him directly allows us to see Him in others.

God gives strength to those who don’t otherwise have it, so that He can be glorified in the resulting differences obvious to the casual acquaintances of those He pours Himself into.  He confounds the wise of the world by the simple.  David goes on to show how even the “least” among us are great in the economy of God.  Are you tormented by an enemy?  God has babies fighting on your side.  It’s no wonder that the pro-life movement is an affront to Satan—each babbling baby (and other babies that mature into Christian adulthood) are nails—not just on a chalkboard, but in the Devil’s coffin as well.

Have you ever gone out on a clear, crisp night and witnessed the majesty of the night sky?  Looking up it causes you to realize just how small you are as a person. You can’t help but be struck by man’s insignificance in comparison to the greatness that are the stars and planets, both in their size and radiance.  When you take all of these things into account you stand ready to put on the garment of peace reserved for those that understand there is One greater in the world than themselves.

David concludes his work by repeating what he said in its beginning.  Do you want peace?  Recognize the sovereignty of God in the midst of your turmoil—recognize there is One greater than you—and torment that which has been tormenting you.

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Psalm 8--KJV

 ¹O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
 ²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
 ³When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
 ⁴What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
 ⁵For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
 ⁶Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
 ⁷All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
 ⁸The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
 ⁹O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!