Psalm 8: God - The Majestic Creator

    O LORD, our Lord,
        how majestic is your name in all the earth!
    You have set your glory above the heavens(...).
        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?
(Psalm 8:1-4 ESV)

I love to stargaze. I love standing outside on a clear dark night and just gazing at the stars and taking in all of their wonder. Looking at them brings me to a place of awe of God's power and grandeur.

From this Psalm we can see that David felt the same way. Reflecting on the stars and the moon leads him to cry out "majestic is your name in all the earth!" And it also leads him to the question "Why does God care about us?" With all of His greatness, and power, and majesty, why does He care about little ol' us? Why does He even take note of our existence? We only occupy a tiny speck of all that He created.

Yet He does take note of us, and more than that:

     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,
(Psalm 8:5-6 ESV) 

 God has exalted us above all of His creation. He greatly values us and He loves us. We matter to Him. It is hard to fathom how great, and huge, and powerful God is and yet He cares for us. The only response can be the response of David.

"Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"