Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Psalm 8
by: Leanne Lippincott.
Throughout Scripture, we’re told to avoid being prideful. But sometimes it’s easy to swing too far in the opposite direction. Do you know people who “shoot themselves down” all the time? People who think they are worthless and useless? We are imperfect and sinful creatures, but we are God’s creatures—the children of a loving Father who thought enough of us to give us power and authority over his other creations.
David reminds us that God made us “the ruler over the works of [his] hands.” We were given dominion over “all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea” (v. 7, NIV). These are special responsibilities, given to us by a trusting Creator.