VIDEO – A Majestic God – Psalm 8
Early church father
Athanasius said “Most scripture speaks to us, while
the Psalms speak for us.”
Psalm 8 (For the director of music. According to
gittith. A psalm of David.)
8:1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the
heavens. 2 From the lips of children and infants you
have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the
avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of
your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is
man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? 5 You made him a little lower than the
heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything
under his feet: 7 all flocks and
herds, and the beasts of the field, 8
the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the
seas. 9 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your
name in all the earth!
Gittith — a stringed
instrument of music. This word is found in the titles of Ps 8; 81; 84. In these
places the LXX. render the word by "on the wine-fats." The Targum
explains by "on the harp which David brought from Gath." It is the
only stringed instrument named in the titles of the Psalms. (from Easton's Bible Dictionary).
EXPERIMENT: See
yourself from God’s perspective. How does he see you as you are? How does he
see you as he wants you to be?
TWIN BAROMETER
1)
God
is judge and see yourself as hopeless.
2)
God
as forgiver and see yourself with hope.
1)
Your
judgmental view of yourself causes you to see God as looking at you with little
potential.
2)
Your
forgiven view of yourself causes you to see God looking at you with abundant
potential.
1)
How
can God use me; and why would he, there are many people more spiritual and holy
than me.
2)
Of
course God can use me, and why not me, I may not be the most spiritual and holy
person there is but Jesus died for my sins and God’s strength shows up even
through my weakness.
Even
for those with Barometer number two – chances are, your vision of how God sees
you is far below the full potential He is looking at. This would be true of us as a church as
well. At times we may be down on
ourselves – barometer number one, but when we think highly of our self as a
church; barometer number two God sees us with so much more potential than we
will ever see for ourselves. Why do you think I have given you the same
benediction every Sunday for over 7 years now – “Now glory be to God who by His
mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare
to ask or even dream of, infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires
thoughts or hopes. Now glory be to God through the church and through Jesus
Christ throughout all generations both now and forever. Amen!”
That is how God sees us – individually
and corporately so much greater potential than we see in ourselves. Who has more potential for Christ’s Kingdom?
A mother Teresa or Billy Graham during their best most vital days? Or you and
your church today? Let me ask it another way – How much potential does God
have? “0” None! God is the fullness of life and light – He has no potential to
be more than He is. So if you feel like
you are the least likely for God to use you or see your church as a lesser
ministry agent compared to others, then you have greater potential than others
because you have much more room for improvement – therefore God sees you with
great potential.
David realized how God saw him – “O
Yahweh our Adonai” Yahweh = “I am that I am” no potential he is all in all. Adonai
= “Master, Ruler, King – none greater” O I am that I am our Master, Ruler and King!
With
David we begin with recognition that God is all in all and that we are chosen
to be children of the king. “How
excellent” the ones who excels above all others. “You have set your glory” =
meaning His worth and value – I above the heavens. The speed of light travels
at 186,000 miles per second – in a year of seconds, light travels six trillion
miles. That is the distance of a light year – that is equal to 60,000 times the
distance of the sun form the earth. The
universe is so vast that to cross it at the speed of light, you would have to
travel 40 billion light years. God’s glory
is set above that – how do you look now from God’s vantage point?
We
say with David – who are we God that you can even notice us, no more than that,
that you care for us, mere man! No more than that, you assigned us the highest
glory on earth – above all animals and creatures, above creation itself. How can we respond to that God but to end
where we began? In worship: “O Lord, Our
Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”
Having
been given dominion in the earth we are responsible to exercise that as God
desires and can only do so as we depend on Him. Ps 24:1 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who
live in it. We have been given
potential to co-labor with God for the redemption of the world-and all who live
in it; as individuals and as his church.
Are
you living up to your God given potential? If not, do 3 things:
Claim your realm (Oikos) God has joyfully placed
people into our life that he wants to redeem and has us there to assist him. He
has crowned you with his glory to accomplish this work.
Consecrate you realm
Make your oikos a priority for his kingdom by your prayers, your words
and your actions. Se his kingdom’s glory
rise in the life of your oikos – your realm of responsibility and
potential. 1 Peter 3:15 But in
your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to
everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. When is
the last time anyone asked for a reason for the hope that is in you? Are
you living at full potential the way God sees you?
Commit yourself to
excellence in your realm He grants us his
excellence as we release ourselves to bring him glory. WATCH THIS: 2 Cor 5:18-21 All
this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the
ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in
Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the
message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God
were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be
reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him
we might become the righteousness of God.
Shout to the Lord “O
Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth” And know that he
has called you, crowned you, and committed you to live for Him at FULL
POTENTIAL!!!
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