Made for More | Psalm 8
Have you ever heard of the Hubble Telescope? On April 24, 1990, after years and years of planning, developing and constructing, the 4.7 billion Hubble Telescope was launched. On May 20th, NASA received the first picture from this incredible telescope, but there was just one problem: the picture was blurry. The media called it “Hubble Trouble,” Houston, we have a problem. The Hubble’s Primary mirror was off by 1/50 of the thickness of a human hair. 3 years later, astronauts were sent to fix the mirror and since then it produced some breath-taking images. In 2021, NASA launched the James Webb Telescope. Hubble changed not only what we see in the universe, it changed how we see the universe. How you see things matters.
We all see our lives, the world and God through a filter. If that filter is off even just a little, then we cannot see what God created us to see. On social media, people use certain filters: some make you look younger, some make you look clearer, smoother, brighter and some just distort you all together. Filters can distort reality. What you believe about God is the filter you use to interpret everything else. There is only one filter that gives you a glimpse of who God is and who you are, and it is the filter of God’s Word.
Psalm 8 is a worship psalm, written for worship in the Temple; a hymn of creation praise. It is based on David’s personal observations of his life, the universe and God. The psalm looks backwards and forward with the book ends of VS. 1 and 9 which is the song of the universe, “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.” This song was written 3,000 years ago but it is just as relevant for us today as it was then. Psalm 8 teaches us that God is infinitely glorious, yet He’s personally mindful of you. The bigger you see who God is, the better you understand who you are.