What is your perspective of who you are? Where do you stand in relation to the world? Have you thought about it all? Do you realize you are just one among billions? Is that a depressing thought? Is it a scary thought? Have you considered how awesome God is?
We often think rather highly of ourselves. We like to put ourselves on a pedestal to boost our self-esteem. Being a big fish in a small pond can inflate our ego. It is once we get out into the bigger ocean of people that our eyes open to see the sea of humanity.
By recent estimates, there are more than 8 billion people on this earth. Wrapping our minds around a number that large is hard to do. Even if we were to consider everyone we see on television or movies, only see a drop in the bucket of humanity. Suddenly, when we consider the numbers, we are not nearly as important as we would like to think.
Not only has God created all people but he has created all plants, animals, and insects. Add to that all the stars, planets, and moons in the universe. Getting the picture? God is far greater than we might imagine. Then we add into this grand picture of God the fact that he wants a relationship with each one of us.
It is no wonder the Psalmist writes with an attitude of amazement. He writes with a realization that mankind is just one tiny piece of God’s creation. Yet he also realizes that God cares greatly for mankind and has allowed them to rule over creation…and he is in awe.
It should be humbling for us to consider the awesomeness of God. We should be humbled to think that God has put his wonderful creation in our hands to care for. Our responsibility goes far beyond ourselves. We are to be good stewards of all that God has blessed us with.
I pray we all are in awe of God’s creation. I pray we are humbled by his desire to have a relationship with us. I pray each one of us will strive to care for what God has blessed us with. Be in awe of God. See his wondrous creation. Be humble before God. Be a good steward. See the blessings God has blessed you with.
Psalm 8:3-4
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
Marty Pressey 