God’s Name Psalm 8

This post discusses revering and praising God’s name.

‘God’s Name’ as a post explores reasons for respecting His name, Psalm 8:1. “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” A list of what God has done that reflects glory on Him and His name follows in the psalm.

Even babies express glory to God. (Jesus quotes this verse when infants praised Him, Matthew 21:16. “Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise.”)

The psalmist takes one look at the heavens and then expresses surprise at the elevated status of man, Psalm 8:4. “what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?”

Compared to everything else, the place of man just below heavenly beings provides him superiority over the earth, Psalm 8:5-6. “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;” This dominion or superiority includes domestic animals, and even birds and fish.

Thus, this realization causes the psalmist to again express glory and majesty to the name of God.

As we contemplate these great blessings, respect for God’s name should grow. That means that we should not use the name of God in any disrespectful way. For example, I should not use the phrase ‘God’ as a by-word or slang or expression of some emotion. Unfortunately, television and movies are literally saturated with terrible use of His name as a by-word.

Also, I can also use my influence to discourage others from disrespectful usage. I can talk to my friends about their use of His name and encourage them to respect it. I can teach my children to respect the name of God.

So, what did we learn?

1.Majestic describes God’s name.

2.When we consider that God gave man dominion over all creation, we should revere His name and never use it as slang or as a by-word.

3.In daily life we should respect His name.

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