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\u201cFor You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor\u201d (Psalm 8:5).<\/p>\n
DAVID MARVELED AT THE MAJESTY OF GOD\u2019S CREATION AND WAS AMAZED THAT GOD GAVE HUMAN BEINGS SUCH A GLORIOUS AND HONORABLE PLACE IN THAT CREATION. \u201cYou have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands,\u201d David sang to God. \u201cYou have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen \u2014 even the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas\u201d (Psalm 8:6-8). Humanity is the crowning jewel of the physical cosmos, all the rest of which was made mostly to be a habitat or home for humankind.<\/p>\n
We sometimes excuse our mistakes by saying that we\u2019re \u201conly\u201d human, as if human beings were such limited creatures that nothing more than mistakes could be expected of them. The truth, however, is just the opposite. If we have anything to apologize for, it\u2019s for being less<\/em> than human! Our trouble is not our humanity; it\u2019s that we\u2019re content to think and act as mere beasts, rather than the noble creatures we truly are, made in the image of God.<\/p>\n Jesus of Nazareth was the most fully human being who has ever lived. What we see in Him is a living example of what God had in mind when He designed the human race. He shows us our true dignity in God\u2019s plan \u2014 and also the absurdity of the devil\u2019s plan to give us a \u201chigher\u201d place than God has granted us.<\/p>\n The challenge that is set before us, then, is not to be \u201conly\u201d human, but to be fully<\/em> human. It\u2019s not a burden but a privilege to be such creatures as we are. We should accept the honor that God has bestowed upon us. Our God-given endowments are wonderful; we should be grateful for them and use them to the praise of His glory. Sin has surely marred God\u2019s making of us, but He has made a way, in His Son, for our created dignity to be restored. So rather than complain or make excuses about our \u201cnature,\u201d we should be reaching for our destiny. In every word and deed, we should be showing what a glorious thing it is to be human.<\/p>\n \u201cO Lord God, we pray that we may be inspired to nobleness of life in the least of things. May we dignify all our daily life. May we set such a sacredness upon every part of our life that nothing shall be trivial, nothing unimportant, and nothing dull, in the daily round\u201d (Henry Ward Beecher).<\/p>\n Gary Henry \u2013 WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com<\/p>\n