Daily Devotional

The Psalmist addresses God as “Yahweh,” which means, “I am that I am!” God sovereignly rules over and works through all that God created.
“Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you; toddlers shout the songs that drown out enemy talk, and silence atheist babble (verse 2).” Even infants demonstrate some knowledge of God, though they cannot articulate their faith. Toddlers indicate some sense of right and wrong at a very early age and show the realization that they are accountable to a Power higher than themselves. The spiritual foes of God are silenced, because they cannot truly account for or understand how the development of infants in speech and behavior happens and how they have a true appreciation for God at a very young age. At every point of our existence, God cares for us.
“You put us in charge of your handcrafted world, repeated to us your Genesis-charge, made us stewards of sheep and cattle, even animals out in the wild, birds flying and fish swimming, whales singing in the ocean deeps (verses 6-8).” God is the sovereign King and Lord over all. But under God, we have authority over earth’s creation. The things God has made—all things—are beneath the human beings that God has created, because God created people in His image to care for and rule over all things.
Stewardship is the charge given to us—properly managing all that has been entrusted into our care. The Psalmist speaks of animals, but stewardship involves proper management of our finances, of our vocation, of our talents and skillsets, of our influence, of our tongues, of our environment, of our treatment of one another. The Psalmist makes it clear that our honor of God is reflected in how well we manage all that God has blessed us to enjoy.
“God, brilliant Lord, your name echoes around the world (verse 9).” Finally, the Psalmist reiterates the praise of who God is. God is the beginning and the end. The Lord is majestic over all the earth and no one and no thing is or ever can be greater than the Lord. God is worthy to be praised, and no idol of our imagination is worthy to receive the honor of the true and living God.

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