- Hebrews 2.5a-8b NIV
What is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
You made him a little lower than the angels;
you crowned him with glory and honor
and put everything under his feet.
The writer’s incredulity grabs me …
And if we really think about it, we too should be scratching our heads. You know how you are; I know how I am. How could God be talking about us?
Hasn’t he observed life on the planet lately?
Don’t misunderstand. I believe God as he tells us who we are and what we are about. I believe the verse above.
But even our own hearts deceive us per Jeremiah 17.9; deceitful and desperately wicked.
That’s us, and that is who God is talking about.
And …
Everything under our feet? We are in charge of all this?
That humbles me as much as it puzzles me.
But here is what I hold onto: God is God and I (thankfully) am not!
Sometimes we try to control so much; we reach and grasp and try to hang onto things and manipulate life.
Be thankful that you can’t.
Take great strength and courage in: God is God!
He rules; we bow; that’s the way of the universe!
Amen!
