Sampling the Psalms:“Majestic Trust”

Psalm 8

noun: majesty1. impressive stateliness, dignity, or beauty.2. royal power.

Psalm 81 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

You Lord, are impressive, full of dignity, beauty and power

Your majesty is evident

We could expect this to be self-centered

All about God…And his puny servants

The psalmist goes the most unexpected of places

2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

God is so majestic and so self-assured that he trust his glory and

praise to infants and children

Matthew 10:4242 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.”

Matthew 11:25-2625 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.

Matthew 18:1-6At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3 And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 “And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. 6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Matthew 19:13-1513 Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15 When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.

God is invested in us from day oneWe are important to God even

when we are not productive

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?

In your power and majesty you created the universe and…

You are invested in us, you care for us, you love us

You cared for us in our infancy and childhood

You care for us as we ageYou Lord, never give up on usYou Lord, do not get tired of

loving usAnd not only that…

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

God made is his majestic imageA little lower than the angels

With a desire to reunited with our majestic maker

But that is not the end of the storyThis all powerful God, who could demand us to love him instead…

Cares for us in our infancy, childhood, and as we grow

He made us in his majestic image and…

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.

He gave us power and authorityWe are not machines

We have freedom and choice

This majestic God is no tyrantHe loves, cares, makes us beautiful

and trust us with his creationHow could we possibly respond to

this knowledge?

9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

What else is there to say?Wow!

You are…Indescribable, uncontainable,

amazing, all powerful, untamable you are amazing, God!

Putting it all togetherGod is wonderfully majestic: you can think about it all you want and you will never get it

But do tryIt is an exercise in humility

Putting it all togetherOur all powerfully majestic Lord is

supremeYet he gives us freedom and choice

God gives us the choice to make great choices or even to make a

mess of our lives

Putting it all togetherIf the creator of the universe can trust

you and me with his creationMaybe we aught to loosen our grip

on many of the things we think need our control

The world will not fall apart because you and I were not at the helm

Take in the fact that God loves you and has always loved you

That God trusts youThat you are no mistake

That we are to worship the one who teaches us to loosen our grip of the things we think we control

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