Psalm 8:3:4

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?

Psalms 8:3-4

I love this passage. It’s Job and Luke in a neat tidy short package. Job in God’s power and majesty. Luke in that God Came to seek and save the lost. I love it for this, it comes so quickly on the heels of Job. So you have all this majesty of God coming out of the whirlwind

Can you control the weather?

Can you control the seasons?

Can you control the stars?

God asks that in a way to say you can’t I can. And I can do more.

I make mountains.

I make lakes and streams and rivers and oceans

I make the horses and lions.

All of the power and sovereignty of God just a mere 8 chapters away; only 3 pages separate them, in my bible. So, if you read the bible straight through its still fresh in your mind. God is powerful! God is powerful is the perfect set up for these questions.

It’s like David is saying look, look at the heaven. That is power. That is beauty. That is awesomeness, that can’t be denied. Now look at me I’m a horrible, dirty, sin filled, sinful man. There is nothing good in me. I can do nothing but evil. So Why, Why does God even bother with us. There is so much beauty out there, there is so much good out there. Why does he care about what’s in here. When I find a torn, dirty, soiled rag I toss it in the garbage fire. And yet here God is to pick us up clean us and mend us. WHY? I guess it doesn’t matter, because the fact that he cares makes him even more powerful even more great even more excellent.