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Songs of Greatness is a sermon series on the greatness of God from the Psalms. How Majestic is Your Name — God's work in creation and salvation shows an incomprehensible level of care for human beings. Why does God care so much about us? In the scope of the whole universe, we are tiny. But because of God's great love, we are infinitely valuable. Recorded on July 11, 2021, on Psalm 8, by Pastor David Parks. Sermon Transcript So last week, we started a new annual theme for our preaching ministry over the next year focused on The Greatness of God. It’s my conviction that many of the problems we face in the evangelical church today would be solved if we had a far bigger view of God. Way too many Christians have way too small of a vision of who God is in their day-to-day lives. And to kick off this annual theme, we started a new sermon series last week from the Psalms called, Songs of Greatness. The Psalms are a collection of songs/poems that the people of God have used to worship God for 1000’s of years. Throughout this series, I hope to help you have a bigger, truer perspective, and a more compelling vision of who God is. The Lord has done great things, and he is worthy of our praise. Today, we’re considering Psalm 8 and we’re confronted by a question of the psalmist. And this is a question that, I think, any thinking person would ask after considering the basic claims of the Christian faith. And here’s the question: Why does God care so much about us? Why does God, the maker of the whole universe, care, why is he so involved in the lives of human beings? Maybe you are new to the Christian faith and you’re just checking things out today. Maybe you don’t know that God cares, or maybe you’ve always assumed that God doesn’t care about you. But the great message of the gospel is that God cares about human beings, God is working to save human beings because God wants a personal relationship with human beings. But again, why does God care so much about us? And this is a very important question because it reveals to us an indication of who we are, our identity/value, but it also reveals the majesty of God, as well. If you have a Bible/app, please open it to Ps 8. Psalm 8, “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?[c] 5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e] and crowned them[f] with glory and honor. 6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their[g] 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!”  Now, this Psalm is said to be a Psalm of David, that is, King David who lived about 3,000 years ago. David was the most powerful/influential king of the ancient people of Israel. But David was also a prolific songwriter, having written almost half the Psalms in the bible. Let’s back up to v. 1. and work through this text together. Psalm 8:1-2, “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.” Now, right away, you might’ve noticed that this psalm begins and ends with the same line, “Lord (that is, Yahweh), our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Last week I said that there’s a literary device used in the Bible called an inclusio. And an inclusio is typically a repeated phrase that puts brackets around a section of Scripture that...