Tuesday 15 February 2011

What is man?

What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? – Psalm 8v4

‘What is man that You are mindful of him?’ must be one of the great questions on scripture. Who indeed is man that God should pay any attention to us? When we think of who God is and who we are it makes you wonder.

God is our creator. He sustains us. He provides all we need for life. He maintains the world we need to live in. He holds everything together. He made man in His image. He loves us. He gave His son to die on the cross for us.

Man, on the other hand, has rejected Him. All men have sinned and fallen short of His glory. Mankind treats Him with contempt. Man is at enmity with God.

Why then does God bother? Why has He for millennia continued to pursue man who keeps running from Him?

There is only one reason – God is love. We can only love Him because He first loved us.

What is man that God is mindful of him?

Man is the object of God’s love.

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