{"id":3240,"date":"2020-05-05T16:14:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2020-05-05T16:14:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:14:34","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-8-5-5-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3240","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 8 – 5-5-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 8 \u2013\n5-5-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   One of my favorite worship choruses that we\nuse to open our worship service is, O Lord Our Lord How Majestic is Your Name\nin All the Earth!  That song comes from\nPsalms 8 verses 1 & 9.  While the\nlast 2 Psalms are cries of pain and prayer, this Psalm is a total Psalm of\nrejoicing and worship!  Sometimes when I\nget down about how things are going, all it takes is a fresh glimpse of my God\nand these songs spring into my mind.  I\nneed to not let the things around me take my eyes off my Marvelous, Majestic\nLord.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Have you ever used the saying, \u201cout of the\nmouth of babes\u201d?  In verse 2 we are\nreminded that God uses the words of the smallest children to express His power,\nstrength and glory to us.  My wife was\nFace timing my 2 yrs. Old grandson and asked him, what was the little stick\nfigure in his hand?  He answered back\n\u201cJees\u201d, his word for Jesus as if \u201cMa\u201d should be able to recognize Him.  Nothing greater then having my Grandchildren\nrequest that we \u201cSing God\u201d, our song of prayer that we sing together at every\nmeal with them.  They ask us to sing\n\u201cJees\u201d, Jesus Loves Me, and then go and play their version on the piano to sing\nwith them.  Oh the joy to know that they\nalready think and sing of Him no matter how much they understand.  One of my favorite memories of having Levi\nover night on a Saturday night and then in the church service on Sunday, was\nwatching him stand on the pew an sing at the top of his lungs with us in worship.  Even though he couldn\u2019t know or sing the\nwords, he was making a joyful noise of praise to the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Enough about my Grand Kids; I have to praise\nand worship the Lord for the beauty of His creation that surrounds me with His\nGlory!  Watching the vibrant colors of\nspring, seeing Mt. Rainier, watching the elk herd in the fields surrounding the\nchurch, watching a calf being born in those same fields, seeing the magnificent\nsunsets over the sky line to the west, I could go on but you understand.  Today I just want to worship God for Who He\nis, and marvel at the fact that in all His majestic Glory and handiwork, He\nstoops to love and save me.  Truly, \u201cWhat\nis man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost\ncare for him?, Psalms 8:4.  May I never\nlose sight of Who He is and What He has done for me!  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, I ask forgiveness for losing sight\nof Your majesty.  I get so caught up in\nthe struggles of this life that I fail to see the beauty of Your creation and\nmarvel at the fact that you love me and gave this all for me to see and worship\nYou.  Thank you for the glimpse of You\nthat we receive from the mouth and eyes of our children and grandchildren. Help\nme to allow Your word to refocus my heart and mind on You and worship You the\nway You created me to do.  Thank You, I\nLove You Lord!  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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