Look at the splendor of your skies, your creative genius glowing in the heavens. When I gaze at your moon and your stars, mounted like jewels in their settings, I know you are the fascinating artist who fashioned it all! But when I look up and see such wonder and workmanship above, I have to ask you this question: Compared to all this cosmic glory , why would you bother with puny, mortal man or be infatuated with Adam’s sons? Psalms 8:3-4 TPT
Just had to bring out today's extract in this version, as it seems to capture the dilemma of the writer at the time, as well as lay the foundation for all the confusion and study that has gone into the place of man in God's creation. Let's even leave out the many accounts of creation out there: the theory of evolution; the big bang theory and others and just simply appreciate the amazing wonder that is the world we live in. There are parts of this universe that is yet not discovered or tapped, and there are discoveries yet to be made, even with all the advances man has made. Man has been to the moon and back; discovered planets that we never knew existed. Yet, it seems that man is the focus of God, not necessarily the amazing things He has created. Why is this?
If the account of creation as told in the Bible is to be believed, man is the only part of creation that God asked heaven to join Him as He worked. It was as if God was looking for a partner of some sorts; someone who He could reach, touch and inspire with His nature and power, to also do the same mighty things God is capable of doing. No wonder man was created with these words: make man in our own image, after our likeness, and let him have dominion. These are words of authority, power, responsibility and accountability.
Man was made with the mind of a representative of God being in charge of all that Gos had made. There were majestic lions, awesome mountain ranges, stars so bright and sun so hot that any of them could be seen as the high point of God's creation, but no, it had to be man. Maybe the weakest of all that God had made, even made weaker by the effect of sin, but yet, God would bestow His grace, power, strength and mercy on this puny man. If this doesn't bother you just a bit, but enough to make you pause and ask why, maybe you are yet to fully understand your place in all that God wants for you.
All through generations, God seeks mortal puny men to carry out His great assignments. He works with the generations of men to first start, then extend and establish His will and purpose. He doesn't count on the stars or any other part of creation for this; just you and I. From Abraham, David to Peter, we see God walking with ordinary men, yet establishing eternal purposes in and through them so that even today, we are still partaking of this divine arrangement. When I think I am all that there is to achieve all that God wants, I will get into trouble. When I think I am the best thing to happen to my generation for reasons other than the fulfilment of God's purpose, I have not began to live.
My life only finds true expression when it is lived in and through the One who fashioned it. I cannot know what is best for me, as I was not there when God was creating me, and He didn't seek my opinion or permission before He planted me where I was born, and led me to the place I am in now. My best gift in this season is to ask God to clarify for me what His purpose for my life is. This way, I am not distracted by the pressures to be like another person, or to envy another person's story or path. It is an individual experience first and foremost, and as we all find out our divine purpose, the pursuit of excellence becomes the norm. So, have I found out the WHY behind my life? Am i seeking God for the right reasons or just for what I can get from Him? His time of favour is here.
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