O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all
the earth!
Father,
Your Name is
majestic. It is regal, lofty, magnificent. You are the amazing God. And even
just a little reflection makes this obvious. You are the one who has created
all of this. You created it out of and into nothing. You are the one who
maintains the existence every single atom by Your powerful Word. And You are
the one whose plan defines every detail of every event of every life. You are
the majestic God.
And that makes us
wonder, Father.
What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son
of man that you care for him?
You are mindful of
us. You are aware of all the happens to us. And that is not just some distant
awareness. You are intimately aware. And that is because You care. You care for
us. And You care for us because You care about us. But it makes no sense for You
to care, Father. Why do you bother? Compared to You, what are we? What do we
have to offer to You? How could You possible benefit from us? We are completely
unnecessary.
And then to make it
worse, we aren't even good people. No, there is so much about us that is just
wrong. We give ourselves to evil things far more than we realize. And all too
often we do those evil things rather flagrantly, not really caring that You are
aware of what we are doing. But still, You are mindful of us. You care. How
mysterious.
We want You to know,
Father, that we are grateful. We are grateful that You care, that You really do
care.
Father, we ask that
You would get us to see the reality of who You are much more clearly than we
do, much more clearly. We ask for this so that we might be able to respond more appropriately to You, our magnificent God. We are grateful
that, because of Jesus, there is the hope that we will make progress
in living wisely before You, in living in a way that will please You. That hope
makes us happy. We look forward to the day when we will be so completely
changed that we will understand so much better that You really are the majestic
God. That is when we will honor You in a way that is more like what You deserve. And
that will be so very good. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.