1/27/13- God's Love in Creaton

what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 5  You have made them a little lower than the angels

and crowned them with glory and honor. 6  You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,8 the birds in the sky,  and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.9 Lord, our Lord,    how majestic is your name in all the earth! Thoughts: God made human beings not because He had to, but because He wanted to out of love.
(Psalm 8:4-9)

Thoughts: God made human beings not because He had to, but because of love.  God became man (the second Adam) also love in order to redeem His creation which became lost.  God did not create everything and then go off somewhere in neglect.  He showed His love for creation not just in maintaining it and us- in order and in miracle and prayer; but also and ultimately in becoming human to show us His great love.  

Prayer: Thank you for your great care for us, O Lord.  Let me not doubt your love for all human beings, and let me grow in my ability to love others.  

God has no need of anyone or anything beyond Himself. Yet in grace this Triune God is the one Creator of all things. The ongoing act of creation is further manifested in God’s gracious sovereignty and providence, maintaining the existence of the world and all living creatures for the sake of His own glory.  He is the Holy One, the ground of all being, whose glory is so great that for us to see Him is to die. Yet He has made the creation to reflect His glory, and He has made human
beings in His own image, with a unique desire to know Him and a capacity for relationship with Him. Since our God is a consuming fire whom we in our sin cannot safely approach, He has approached us by entering into our humanity in Jesus Christ.

(Michelangelo Cistine Chapel- creation)