When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen—Even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas. O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
What is man? The pre-Fall Man? To me; the answer is obviously, but not yet completely. Thee foundation was laid, but then flawed by Sin. Not just a little white lie, there is no such thing in God's eyes, but with the sin filled and erroneous conviction that Man was superior to God; that Man was the controller of his own destiny. Wrong!
Look at this from the phrase that begins, “And You have crowned Him,” through the last sentence. In between the LORD, God the Almighty names man as His surrogate; as the one with authority (dominion) over all the works of His hands. He names man as the ultimate accomplishment of His creation. Why? So that His name would be declared excellent in all the earth. It is our responsibility to execute that task fully and without blemish on the Name of the LORD.
Reading
Morning Psalm 88, Noon Psalm 119:17-24, Evening Psalm 28
