Psalm 8:1–How Majestic is Your Name!

Psalm 8:1–"O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!"

We live in a world and a culture that is driven with the singular goal in mind of making ourselves great, of having our stories heralded, and hearing our names shouted in exclamation.  There is such an emphasis on the importance of "making a name for one's self," that we have, in so many ways, forgotten who it is that, ultimately, has the greatest of all names and fames: God.

God's majesty and the power of His name, however, are attributed to Him not because of what He has done, although what He has done is truly worth praise and exaltation, rather, the greatness of God's name is a matter of character and constitution.  It is His nature that warrants the great majesty and glory.

This is in no way to discount the great things He has done–and that list is as infinite as He is–but instead is to point out the reality that God, unlike ourselves, is great because of who He is; He is the very definition of great.  All greatness, in the highest sense, is but a derivative of His, owing all the greatness attributed to the God who is for it is He and He alone who is, it turns out, great.

Truly, then, we can sing: "O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!"

For no other name can rightly deserve the status of God's name, for it is His name that defines all others.