Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Contemplating God's Greatness Leads to Humility

The natural response to meditating on God's greatness is humility. The Psalmist discovered this as expressed in Psalm 8. "When I consider the heavens, the moon and the stars, which Thou ordainest, what is man that Thou art mindful of him?" The psalmist had an even more limited understanding of the vastness of the universe than we have today. Yet, even with those greater limits, he was overwhelmed and humbled by his contemplation of the greatness of God. He marveled at God's involvement with humanity. How could so great a Being deign to involve Himself in the affairs of such lowly creatures?

The more science teaches us about the wonders of the universe, the more I am humbled in the presence of the Creator of them all.