Psalm 8: we were made a little lower than the angels, and we’d do well to remember it
This psalm reaffirms the power to be found in praising God. I love the promise made in verse 2: “Whoever keeps singing of your majesty higher than the heavens, even through the mouths of children, or of babes in arms, you make him a fortress, firm against your foes, to subdue the enemy and the rebel.” Who wouldn’t like to be strengthened, made into a fortress, against His enemies, even if it takes doing it through the mouths of children, or babes? I know I would!
Another well know passage is contained in this psalm: “Yet you have made him little less than a god…” The KJV says, “a little lower than the angels.” How wondrously we were created, and yet how little value we place on ourselves… We readily engage in behaviors that make God and the angels shudder and turn away. We debase ourselves to the utmost, and imitate the animals. Indeed, most of us even believe we evolved from the animals… They equate analogy with genealogy, and insult God by excluding Him from the picture. It’s ideas like these that discourage people, and give them an excuse to behave the way they do these days. We would do well to remember our divine Creator, and to remember that the same fingers that shapes the heavens also shaped us. We owe Him thanks and gratitude!
