“Who am I that the Lord of all the earth would care to know my name, would care to feel my hurt?” This is how the popular song, “Who Am I”, written by Mark Hall from Casting Crowns, begins. David is essentially asking the same thing in Psalm 8. “What are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?” The same questions are raised in both the song and in the psalm written by David. Who is man that God would even bother to think of him? Why is man so significant to God? In comparison to God, who is forever, we are but a blip on this world’s radar and yet, God thinks so fondly of us. “I am a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow.” Why would God think so highly of us? Well, he does for several reasons, but most importantly, God created man in his own image. (Genesis 1:26-27, 5:1) Even David mentions this, “Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.” (Psalm 8:5) God loves us because he created us. He labored over us and made each one of us according to his plans for us. He equipped us for what he wants us to do in life and who he wants us to be. David is in amazement over God and his concern with what, in comparison to a Holy God, is insignificant and so he spends the whole Psalm praising God for who he is. I don’t know about you, but I find it quite comforting to know that not only did God sacrifice his only son, Jesus, to show his great love for mankind, but he also created us in his image. It seems that not only did he want us to call him our Father, but he wanted us to know, without a doubt, that we are his children, created in his likeness, and designed to praise and honor God for who he is. When did you last praise God just for being who he is?
“Oh, Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!” Psalm 8:1
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