Excellent One

Writers have an interesting relationship with words - imagine that!  Sometimes when I'm writing, a word and its meaning comes to me, a word I haven't thought of or used in ages.  Then sometimes I can't think of the word I need so I just make one up! LOL

 

David, the psalmist, wrote, “O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth! Who hath set Thy glory above all the heavens.” (Psalm 8:1a).  Yes, excellent – magnificent, glorious.  We may use excellent to describe health or performance or even a meal but considering the context in which David writes, excellent doesn't seem to fit.  Furthermore, I even hesitate to apply the word to anything except God!  David continues, “You have set Your glory above the heavens.” (Psalm 8:1b).  Pastor Tim asked us last week, “Have you ever just sat before God?”  Sat in the absence of talking or singing or reading – just sat attentively in quiet stillness before God?  Doing so is central to intimacy with The Father, imperative needful to a relationship with The Son, and vital to experiencing the The Holy Spirit.  All three persons – Father, Son, Holy Spirit – are excellent! magnificent! glorious!  “When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him?” (Psalm 8:3).  He – all three Persons – are mindful of you and me; they always have been and always will be.  Our mindfulness of God should be a must-do (priority) for Believers and sitting before Him is a good way to do that.  Now that we have a good relationship with the word excellent, let us consider how to grow in relationship with He Who is Excellent!