The Grands Letter (Ps/GLJ)

Dear Grands,

Psalm 8:1-9, “O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth, Who hast displayed Thy splendor above the heavens!

2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes Thou hast established strength, because of Thine adversaries, to make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

3 When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him?

5 Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, and dost crown him with glory and majesty!

6 Thou dost make him to rule over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet,

7 All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,

8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth! “

One of the finest compliments I ever received came from one of my grammar school teachers. Kids in the early grades are always into something; and on this occasion, someone had said or done something to a fellow student, and the teachers had launched an investigation to ascertain who had said what to whom and, if necessary, how many times. Whew! But reportedly, she said, “I’ll ask Gene. He always tells the truth.” How I wish that could be said for the entirety of my life.

A similar situation is observable in this eighth Psalm. The nine verses focus praise solely upon the LORD! Whether the psalmist actually believed that the LORD physically crafted everything with His hands, as opposed to speaking them into existence, is problematic. It is, however, undeniably, the LORD’s doing. “It is marvelous in our eyes” (Psa. 118:23).

May we all remember that His hand is upon us for a purpose: namely, His glorification!

Heartily in Christ,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need,

Until He becomes all that we have.” –Corrie ten Boom