He telleth the number of the stars, he calls them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite.
When Jesus taught that God is our Father and we could pray "Our Father which art in heaven" he was emphasizing that God is approachable. He knows us and loves us and wants to be a part of our lives.
The danger is that we come to see God the Father in such intimate terms that we forget His Hreatness and Majesty. We forget that Sunday is the day we come together to worship - to come in both reverence and awe at His wondrous works. I like therefore the psalist's simple reminder that He knows every star and calls them by name. He is a god of Great Power and Majesty. He is God the Almighty - and yet He loves us.
Hymn # 72 says it beautifully: Praise to the Lord, The Almighty
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation!
Join the great throng,
Psaltery, organ and song,
Sounding in glad adoration!
Praise to the Lord! Over all things he gloriously reigneth.
Borne as on eagle wings, safely his Saints he sustaineth.
Hast thou not seen
How all thou needest hath been
Granted in what he ordaineth?
Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy way and defend thee.
Surely his goodness and mercy shall ever attend thee.
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
Who with his love doth befriend thee.
Praise to the Lord! Oh, let all that is in me adore him!
All that hath breath, join with Abraham's seed to adore him!
Let the "amen"
Sum all our praises again,
Now as we worship before him.
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