Psalm 8

I think this has to be one my favourite Psalms. It reminds us to put God in his God place. The Psalmist begins by establishing that God is majestic not just in Israel but beyond its borders, his majesty flows out to all the earth. He has no rival. And as such he is worth praising.

The Psalmist is awed as he recognises the power of the creating God and yet his concern for man, his giving of glory and honour to man at creation in making them ruler over his creation. This realisation prompts the Psalmist to exclaim again how majestic God's name is.

We live in a world which wants to downplay the significance of humans. Children as young as 5 being taught that we are just hairless monkeys. But Psalm 8 reminds us that this isn't so, that God made us and gave us a privileged position and that with that came responsibility - to mediate God's rule, to be God's stewards.

Given that we rebelled against that, that we have thrown off our God given responsibilities, that many will not recognise God as creator it is all the more amazing that God is mindful of man. Mindful enough to send his son for his enemies who had taken all that privilege and thrown it back in God's face. "LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"