Let us be like children

"O LORD [YHWH], our Lord [Adon], how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger." Psalm 8:1-2

Yay, I'm on Psalm 8. What a wonderful psalm of praise (and a messianic Psalm which we'll get into more tomorrow)! Every verse is filled to the max with incredible truths and clearly shows the glory of God. In verse one, there are two different words used for Lord (or LORD). The first, which you will usually find in the bible as LORD (all caps) is the name God gave himself to the Israelites. Vines states "God chose it as His personal name by which He related specificaly to His chosen or covenant people." The second word is most often found in the bible as Lord, lord, or master. It refers to the relationship between a master and servant. Specifically recalling Psalm 8:1, Vines states "The word is often a title of respect, a term of direct address usually assuming a specific concrete lord-vassal or master-servant relationship."

Our Lord's name does not really seem to be majestic throughout the world today, does it? People are always using His name in vain. Many times we don't even really hear it anymore because its like saying "huh?" or "hello". God's name is not spoken in reverence by many. Even those who profess to be Christians speak His name irreverently all of the time. But there will be a time, my friends (reading J. Vernon McGee makes me want to use that phrase all of the time!), when our Lord's name will never be spoken in vain again and will be revered by all. I want to be there for that!!!

Now, what about verse 2? Let's look into the NT to see how this verse is used there. In Matthew 21 during Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and while He cleansed the temple, children were crying "Hosanna to the Son of David!" When asked about this in verse 16, Jesus replies, "Yes; have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?" Here he refers directly to Psalm 8:2 and further strengthens the argument that He is the Messiah. Its almost like He was saying, "Even these young insignificant children know who I am! DUH!!" Now remember what is written, "'Truly, I say unto you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3 Let us be like children!!