O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?
For they are like a breath of air;
their days are like a passing shadow.
—Psalm 144:3-4 (NLT)
O LORD, Our Father in Heaven,
Out the vastness of all that You have created, You choose not only to notice us, but to pour out over us Your mercy, grace, and love, in abundance! Such things are too great for me to ever fully understand—and yet I believe!
What is it about human beings—mere mortals—that You should pay us any attention, that You should set Your thoughts on any one of us? And why would a holy, righteous, and just God want anything to do with me?
The answer lies somewhere in the truth that though You are holy, righteous, and just, You are also equally merciful, gracious, and loving. It is the completeness of Your perfect character that has chosen to call us into relationship with You.
You have loved us, chosen us, called us, and wanted us in this intimate relationship with You so that we could be made perfect in Christ—and so we would show forth the glories of our God to all the world with our lives!
So, though I may not see or fully understand Your plans and purposes for my short life, may I submit myself to Your Will in all things—trusting in Your great love for me—and love You back as a reflection of all the love I have been given.
Out of the vastness of all that You have created, You choose not only to notice us, but to pour out over us Your mercy, grace, and love, in abundance! Such things are too great for me to ever fully understand—and yet I believe!
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
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