What Is Man?
Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who ask, “What is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?”
I heard a speaker who involved his audience when he said, “Consider adding five years to your life. How old does that make you? Now, change five to twenty-five years. How old would you be? Look around. Some of us may not be here.”
If our lives are like a passing shadow, it is hard to imagine that God would be interested in us.
The psalmist David in both Psalm 8 and 144, asks God the question.
Psalm 8:3-4 (ESV) says,
“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 144:3-4 (ESV) says,
“O Lord, what is man that you regard him,
or the son of man that you think of him?
Man is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.”
God does take an intense interest in us. Scripture is God’s written communication to man. He was interested enough to inspire the authors to write the text. Won’t you take time to open the inspired word of God? Start by reading the book of John in the New Testament.
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