If we think over David’s words in Ps. 8:3-4, here’s what we walk away with: In comparison to God’s expansive universe, man is pretty small and insignificant.
Has any thought like that come across our minds this past week or even since the turn of the new year? Rather than that, it’s probably the details of our lives that are most significant to us, whether that’s manifested by the pride of self-significance or the pride of worry.
For instance, our problems become the most pressing issues in the Universe; our daily activities become so vital that surely our world would crumble without our efforts; our next exam or presentation at work is so central to our focus that we don’t even notice that God caused the sun to come up that morning and gave us breath for another day. What we must realize and remind ourselves of is that when our vapor vanishes on earth, God’s universe will continue on just fine!
Even still, as Allen Ross has stated, what stuns David about his God is that: No matter how frail or insignificant people may seem, God intervenes in their lives to set in motion the plan he has for them (Allen P. Ross, Psalms Vol. 1, pp.295-296).