God’s Glory in the Pinnacle of His Creation
Psalm 8
April 28, 2024
How has your week been? Do you ever have weeks or days when you stop reading the news alerts on your phone and email because it just is too distressing for your spiritual heart? I have some good news for you:
- Worldwide, there are 310 million major surgeries are performed each year (around 40 to 50 million in USA). It is estimated that there is a 96-99% survival rate of those surgeries.
- A few weeks ago the Gribben family of Northern Ireland took their daughter, Rachel who suffered from severe epileptic seizures that were causing developmental delays to the St. Nicholas Children’s Hospital for surgery from American neurological specialist, Luke Tomich. And he successfully found and removed the abnormal tissue that was causing the seizures. What is remarkable is that the surgery was done by Dr. Tomich in L’viv, Ukraine, which of course is in a war with Russia.
- Last November, one of NASA’s most famous craft, Voyager 1, stopped transmitting messages to the great anxiety of those responsible for receiving them. Voyager 1 left earth 46 years and 7 months ago, and sailed past Pluto and out of our solar system almost 12 years ago. Scientists were able to adjust codes on the chips of Voyager 1 so that on April 18 Voyager 1 began transmitting again. This repair was done from 15 billion miles away!
- This week 19-year-old Lloyd Martin completed the London Marathon. While that’s noteworthy, it’s not unusual (nor was his time). But he became the youngest person with Down Syndrome to ever finish that race.
- Three men in Micronesia were on a 100-mile trip in their 20-foot boat when it failed and they were stranded on an unpopulated island. They were rescued after the US Coast Guard spotted their message “HELP” spelled out with palm tree leaves on the beach.
- A couple of weeks ago astronauts on the International Space Station did what you and I did: they watched the full solar eclipse — and took pictures, from space. Pretty fascinating.
- A collection of 13 paintings of Mary that are 350-400 years old and were damaged in the fire of Notre Dame in 2019 have now been restored and are set to go back on display.
Don’t you like good news? Doesn’t it encourage your heart and help you think rightly about this world. For a few weeks, we are going to look at some of the songs of Scripture that are given to help us be steadfast in our shaky world. This morning we are going to look at the first song of praise in the Psalms — Psalm 8. In this psalm we will be reminded of the privilege and importance of praising God in this world —
Always be ready to praise and rejoice in the Lord — even in (despite) the chaos of the world.
The psalmist David gives us four reasons to sing a song of joy in this world:
- Worship the Lord for His Inherent Greatness (vv. 1-2)
- Worship the Lord for His Great Creation and Compassion (vv. 3-4)
- Worship the Lord for His Great Grace (vv. 5-8)
- Worship the Lord for His Inherent Greatness (vv. 1-2)
Download the rest of this sermon on Psalm 8.
The audio will be posted on the GBC website by Tuesday.
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