Sometimes, knowledge can rob us of a sense of mystery. I don't mean that in a way that is superstitious; rather I mean that in a way that acknowledges that in turning the world into a laboratory to be studied or a resource to be harvested, the world is robbed of its God-given majesty. Indeed, the creation points us to God. Creation reveals some of God's character. Certainly, creation only gets us so far. But in knowing God, creation brings out even more of God's attributes. David has discovered this while staring at the stars, and considering the animals across the world. Who are we, that we might be called the caretakers of creation? Who are human beings, that we might be elevated above the rest of creation and granted a special place? Who are we that we might be created in the image of God?
David also ends the psalm rightly, that we do not get to take credit for the goodness that God has bestowed on people. This is grace. And what David did know at the time of the writing of this psalm is that he was also pointing forward to a day when humanity would be restored to its original position in God's eye. Restoration comes in the person of Jesus Christ. The first few chapters of the book of Hebrews takes many Old Testament texts and shows how they point to Jesus. And the Incarnation - God taking on humanity - is what happens when God lowers Himself a little lower than the angels, and in that process takes on all authority in heaven and on earth. Indeed, heaven and earth are full of the glory of God. Amen.
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