“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” Psalms 8: 3-4
Lord God, I can’t believe it. I can hardly wrap my mind around it. The way you think about me and pay attention to me, little me, in this world is downright outlandish. I sit back and consider the works you have done. I think about the oceans and the boundaries you set for them; you told them, “This far and no farther.” I think about the hills and the mountains that you set in place. I am amazed at the way you placed the stars in the sky and designed the constellations for us to discover. You did that for all the stars! You put each star, each planet, each moon, each mountain, each river, each thing that exists on this earth in its proper place. And you still hold it all together by your powerful word. You didn’t just make it and then walk away. You made it and still preserve it! And God, in the midst of all of this, that you consider and think about me, a mere human being. And not just a human being, but a sinful human being. You think of me! You thought of me when you sent your Son to become a mere human being to save sinful human beings. You were concerned about me. Your attention to me is so personal that, though the world is full of people to whom you also attend, you give care and attention to me as if I were the only one here! Father, I look forward to the day when sin will be abolished and you will restore all things and make them new. I long for the day when sin will be rolled back and destroyed once and forever no longer to leave me in submission to death and decay. O Spirit, keep me in the faith until that day. Keep your eyes trained on me so that I do not fall. I am yours. Keep me until the end. Amen.
To the world I may be just one; but to Him I am the only one.