Psalm 8:3-8

God created man in His image. He is love, mercy and compassion made flesh in Jesus Christ and in Him all things reside. That God would allow man to tend His creation is more than I can grasp and a responsibility that I question if we have a firm understanding of. He owns the vineyard and we are just the caretakers we would do well to think carefully about the return we are giving to His investment in man.

David is in awe at the splendors of creation; the wonders of nature lead him to praise its Creator. Even the universe with its infinite distances was the work of the Lord's fingers. In view of the vastness of creation and the surpassing glory of God the Creator, who are we to presume upon Him? Man, as male and female, stands at the summit of God's creation. The Hebrew text is "You have made him to lack little of God." God made human beings in His image, just a little lower than angels. God created human beings as majestic creatures who were to rule over His creation. But in our fallen state, we are profoundly disfigured, a perversion of the majesty God has intended. However, Jesus restores those who put their trust in Him.

8:3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

4 What is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of man that You visit him?

5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

You have put all things under his feet,

7 All sheep and oxen—

Even the beasts of the field,

8 The birds of the air,

And the fish of the sea

That pass through the paths of the seas.