Psalm 8:9 “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!”
Our verse is the conclusion to Psalm 8 and is a repeat of the beginning verse of Psalm 8. Psalm 8 was written to show how majestic God is and why our majestic God is to be adored, exalted, praised, and worshiped! As one looks at the created world one should be in awe. Psalm 19:1 says the “heavens declare His glory.” To see the works of His fingers in creation (Ps. 8:3) and then consider that God has taken thought of the plight of man has to be so humbling for us. (Psalm 8:4) To know that though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might become rich (2 Cor. 8:9) should bring about a crescendo of praise.
Our God is the God of creation and is also the God of redemption!!
I don’t know about you, but it takes my breath away just thinking that God thinks about me and He thinks so much of me that He would personally send His beloved Son to die in my place so that I might be redeemed. The work God has done for us demands a response of worship!! We should join the Psalmist in “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!”
Application: As I pray, I am more prone to be about the purpose of the petition than the Person I am presenting the petition to. Maybe you are the same. We learn from the great prayer warriors found in the Bible to offer first adoration and praise of God before presenting petitions. Think, for instance, of Nehemiah and Hezekiah in how they approached God with enormous petitions yet before making their requests known to God, they offered adoration to God! See Neh. 1 and 2 Kings 19.
Praise preceded petitions! Adoration precedes asking.
God loves to hear His name praised.
Continue Strong praising God for who He is,
And remember to DATE the Word