Meditations on Psalm 8

If I am a peasant and the king notices me it is very likely my attitude will be quite different than if I am the king's brother.  King's brothers tend to want to overthrow the king.  Peasants tend to be thankful just to be noticed. It is important that we have the right perspective when it comes to who God is and who we are.  We need to develop a sense of awe that He would even notice us.  I spent some time this morning trying to look at the world and come up with different reasons I should be amazed that God thinks of me.  I came up with six in a few minutes, maybe you can come up with more. 1.) I am one of about 6,662,224,175 people on the planet.2.) Besides all the people, what about all the other animals and then way above that, the angels. 3.) I live on a planet that is barely a speck of dust in comparison with the size of the universe. 4.) My life is going to last about one second in comparison with the God's and even in comparison to the history of the world in which I live. 5.) Most of my thoughts are pretty mundane and a whole lot of what we do is seemingly pretty inconsequential in the great scheme of things.  I mean, how many hours do we spend over the course of a lifetime blowing our nose, combing our hair, even going to the bathroom?  6.)  For most people the more powerful they get, the less they care about people like me.  With God, the most important person in the Universe, it is the exact opposite.No question.  No doubt.  David is right.  "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?"