Psalm 8:4-8
4 What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit[a] him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than [b]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.
A very good question as you can imagine. This, I think, is one reason some have trouble believing in the Word of God. How can anyone as small and insignificant as man, be important to a God? Why would a great deity such as our Lord concern Himself with us? With the history man has of turning against God so many times, why would He sacrifice His Son for us?
The answer is found first in Genesis. God made man in His image. No other creation did He do so. Not even the angels hold such a distinction. God loved His creation called man. He gave man dominion over all the earth.
We are a creation of the Lord and so very loved by Him that His Son was to be our salvation as we had become so sinful. We are by our very nature bent toward sin of some sort. We lie, covet, gossip, gluten, haters and the list is so long. But God still loves us.
Romans 5:8-10
But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Imagine if you can, the type and depth of love that is required to let your own Son die for those who hate and despise Him. Who have little or no regard for our God. And yet He did this out of His love and grace. The Lord has shown that His desire for mankind to be with Him, that He made His own Son to be sacrifice for our transgressions. What a great act of love and compassion the Lord has shown.
The price we pay for this forgiveness, this renewal, is belief. No other cost is needed. We believe in Jesus as the Son of, God, who died and rose again. Who through His blood we are cleansed and through our confession of our sins are saved. The Lord surely has a plan for the wicked and those who refuse to believe. This condemnation and punishment is most severe. There are those who do not believe there is a God that does not stop God from existing. He is and was and will always be. He is the creator, not us. There are those who do not believe in hell, but will be just as real whether they believe or not. All these things, heaven, Jesus, and hell will become all too real when He comes again, and rest assured, He will.
Our responsibility as believers, is to be ready when He does come. To be vigilant in how we live our lives and treat others. We have been warned and taught by His Word. As believers, we also grow in faith. Faith is the culmination of your belief.
We are told to have faith, to grow in faith, and to rest in our faith. Faith is the end result of our belief and trust in God. We must pray in faith, belief that the Lord will hear and respond to us. This faith is much more than we realize.
Matthew 17:20 states: "And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."
Matthew 8:26 Matthew 8:26 ... “And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.”
As you can see, faith is the end result of your belief. When we pray, we pray in our belief that God hears, and our faith assures us that we will see results. This is true faith.
We who believe, are saved and we can rest easy knowing we will be with the Lord forever. All of this is by His Word and He is truth. So if any who read this are not saved, please do so and be sure that your past is just that, the past. You will become a new person with the Spirit of God alive in you. And if the Spirit of God lives in you, let it work through you to others. AMEN