Promises in the PsalmsSample

Promises: On His Mind

The Creator has you on his mind. What an amazing truth! In today’s psalm, we see that God is magnificent and filled with splendor. He is exalted above all creation. And he has you on his mind. That’s a great promise.

Psalm 8 (ESV)
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

In this psalm, David marvels that God demonstrates his strength through the most vulnerable. Babies and infants prove that his miracle of mankind continues. David is astounded to think that the God who made the heavens has humans on his mind. He put a crown of “glory and honor” on our heads and gave us the responsibility to rule over his creation. That’s quite an assignment!

Never forget this truth—the magnificent God has you on his mind. The Creator has chosen you as his representative. The Maker of all things is the lover of your soul. God loves you so much that he sent his Son to pay sin’s penalty. Through Jesus, you are significant! Accepted! Forgiven! Look up! God has his eyes focused on you.

Father, sometimes I can feel very insignificant. My identity gets wrapped up in things I have and things I do. I compare myself with others and feel far behind. But today, I am looking up. I see you looking at me, loving me, and living in me! I am blown away that you—the Creator of the heavens and earth—choose to work through me. Thank you for the privilege of representing you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.