How Majestic Is Your Name

“O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. When I consider 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, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Psalm 8

I’m out of town today at the wedding of my cousin and his finance. It was held outside at a beautiful estate near Austin, complete with 1800’s era plantation home, innumerable trees, and a sky that is barely given it’s due by the word “blue.” I know plenty of people that call this part of the world “God’s country,” as if God stopped just one extra moment to make this place more beautiful than human words can put into language.

As I took my first look at the morning, I was met by the brilliance of the bright sun, the vast sky, and the cool breeze, all I could think of was David’s words, “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Yes, God speaks to us through the Bible and those words are vital to my journey of faith. However, I think that he also speaks through the beauty of his creation, a beauty that we struggle to define. I can see David looking out across the land and noticing all that God has created, trying to put it all into words. “How majestic is your name in all the earth!” All the beauty of the hills, mountains, icy glaciers, warm sandy beaches… all here for God’s children to enjoy and ponder what kind of mighty Creator brought all of this into being. What kind of Creator knit everything together with such wonder, and why would this Creator do so? In short, He did it because He loves us. Simple, really. Of course we can get into the more complex nature of it all, but for today, for this moment, I just marvel at the mystery of it all and the depth of His love for me and every single one of us, past, present, and future. Praise God!