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Meditations on Psalm 8

Our worship often needs fuel.One of the best places to fill up on fuel for worship is in the Psalms.  It is often helpful to read the Psalms and simply identify what they teach you about God. Take Psalm 8. It tells us that:God has set His glory above the heavens. He has established strength out of the mouths of babes and infants.  (What a contrast.  We look up and we are reminded of the absolute transcendence of the God we serve. He is above the heavens.  He sets the glory above the heavens.  Yet at the same time, He is close.  He chooses the weak and helpless to bring Him glory.)He has set the moon and the stars in place.He is mindful of man.He cares for man.  (I wonder if we are seeing the two contrasting attitudes we need to have if we are going to walk through life correctly.  We need this overwhelming sense of the bigness, the awesomeness of God and we need to be convinced at the same time of that God's care and love for us.)You have made man a little lower than the heavenly beings.You have crowned him with glory and honor.You have given him dominion over the works of your hands.You have put all things under his feet.