The Excellence of His Majesty
A. In Ps. 8:1, David proclaims, O Lord, our Lord, How excellent
is Your name in all the
earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! In the
works of His creation,
God has manifested the perfection of His goodness and wisdom and
power. He has set His
glory above the heavens. Gods greatness is so vast that
it stretches our imagination to its limit.
1. But the evidence is still all around us, and we need to open
ourselves up more fully to an appreciation of His glory. We must
make sure that the grandeur of all these things is not lost on
us. What could be a greater tragedy than to be surrounded by Gods
glory and fail to be moved by it appreciatively?
a. Consider an analogy. I recently listened to a Wagner stringed
concerto. Its hard to
imagine that anyone could listen to this music and not be moved
by its exhilarating power.
But there are such people.
(A) They can sit and listen to this symphony and fail to be moved
by it because they
are not really paying attention. Maybe theyre preoccupied
with their expensive
new shoes, which are a tad too tight. Wouldnt that be a
sad situation?
(1) While theyre fretting over the relatively unimportant
concerns of their own little
world, and they missed the opportunity to be transformed by something
much
bigger than they are.
(1) A huge experience surrounded them. But they missed it because
their attention was focused on themselves.
(2) In our case, were surrounded by the very works of God.
The majesty of
creative genius. If that doesnt affect us, then nothing
will.
(2) O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all
the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens! Is
the stupendous glory of His creation lost on us? Do we not have
eyes to see? Are we not paying attention?
(1) If not, we need to rise above the little worries of our lives.
For we must allow ourselves to be moved by the majesty of our
God.
(2) Acts 20:32.
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