A MINDFUL GOD AND CREATOR

A MINDFUL GOD AND CREATOR by M.G. Bueno

Psa 8:1  <To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.> O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Psa 8:2  Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 

Psa 8:3  When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 

Psa 8:4  What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 

Psa 8:5  For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 

Psa 8:6  Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

Psa 8:7  All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 

Psa 8:8  The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Psa 8:9  O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

In our Bible is a picture of God’s amazing love for man.  The psalmist here is in awe, he is in great amazement as he considers God’s “love relationship” with his creation, man.  As David surveys the vastness of heaven and the brightness of the moon and the stars compared to his insignificant estate, he began to conclude how that  the love of God for man is greater than any love that he had seen in this world.  It’s a love that is always mindful and thoughtful for man’s betterment and happiness.  God loves all of his creation but his love for man is greater than any of his creation, so that man is the apple of God’s eyes, and God’s eyes are ever focused upon him.   

We read in the book of Genesis that God made man in his own image from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, the first recorded CPR.  And as God imparts in man LIFE, the bible says that he became a living soul, an animated being, with a God given freedom to choose, and to make decisions freely. He can chose to obey or not obey; to love or not love God.  Yet, to love God and to serve him should be the choice that you and I have to make.  The Bible said that we love God because he first loved us even before the foundation of the world.  David said in, 

Psa 139:14  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Man’s physical body may have been made from dirt but his soul is an extension of God's heavenly and eternal breath. 

I’ve heard of a joke about man and God having a competition to create a human.  God told man to go first.  Man got all of his instruments ready, and just as he was about to scoop up some dirt to begin, God said, No, Uh-uh, you gonna have to create your own dirt too.  The competition is over, and God won.  And God will always win  

So satan also thought he could be just like God.  He may be able to give some kind of life, but it’s not  abundant and fulfilling life.  The life he has to offer is only temporary, which may seem abundant at first but full of misery in the end.  And still satan tries to flatter men and women, that they could be just like God, which he himself knew is impossible.  

In the book of Ecclesiastes it gives us a true picture of what of happens when a man dies. 

Ecc 12:7  Then shall the dust (which is the body) shall return to the earth as it was: and the spirit (which is the soul) shall return unto God who gave it.

Our soul is eternal and it will return to God when we die.  What happens to that soul after it returns to God?  The Bible said, that that soul is going to be judged for what that soul did in the body.  The Bible said, That it is appointed for a man once to die and after this the judgement.  Yet there were also people in the bible that died and were raised again from the dead, because God had permitted them to live again the second time.  Because you cannot always tell what God wills to do.  But he has the power to give and to take away life.  

Ecc 3:21  Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 

Animals may have a spirit, but it returns to earth when the body dies.  God, to a certain degree have given animals intelligence to interact with man.  And sometimes animals can be tamed and be trained to do things, and are very helpful and beneficial to man to do certain jobs.  But God had not given them the same spirit that he gave to man.

I remember in School, they taught that man is a member of the animal kingdom.  And It was not hard for me to believe then, because man does eat meat, fruit and vegetables just like any other animal, and in fact he is part of the food chain, which makes him both the consumer and the victim, therefore, in that sense, man is a member of the animal kingdom.  And they taught about the theory of evolution in which man evolved from monkeys.  But if you begin to look at the history of man, you will see, if you really open your eyes, you will see that man is far from being in the animal kingdom.  Because after so many thousands of years, we’ve never heard of an animal begin to invent  machines, or build civilizations, or write music, or discover new things. 

Today, there are knowledge and teachings that are being taught in so called institutions of higher learning, where the unlearned is supposed to learn the truth about man and the things around him, but sadly, the student is not getting any true knowledge.  It goes to show that people believe what they want to believe, and people understand what they want to understand.  But the truth will always be the truth.  And if we want the truth, our number one textbook should be the word of God.  That is, we prove other books by the Bible, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a book of science or philosophy that we’re reading, we have to prove it by the word of God.

There are people who would rather believe in the writings of Charles Darwin than the Word of God.  They would rather believe on some outlandish doctrine than the pure doctrine of the Scriptures.  Evolution has been proven in many points to be untrue, yet some people still believe it unto this day.  But the word of God has never been proven wrong,  but instead, it had been proven right over and over again, yet people still don’t want to believe. 

Before the discovery of electricity, maybe it’s okey for people to not believe that electricity truly exist.  But when after it was discovered, it would have been foolish to say that it doesn’t exist, just because they don’t see it.    And it’s been about 300 years since electricity was first discovered, and it’s been proven over and over again that it exist, and today, no one doubts its existence.  And today, if someone doubts that electricity exist, people would think that that person is just being dumb.

The Bible and world history record of God's accomplishments, it record his creation of all things.  God’s word is not just limited to the pages of the bible, but you can see it in the lives of men and women who’s been affected and influenced by His power.  And we have seen with our eyes the miracles by believing the name of His Son Jesus Christ.  Miracles are still in operation, people are still getting healed, people are still getting filled with the Holy Ghost, people are still getting saved from sin.  Their changed lives are evidence of his workmanship.  The power of God’s word is still showing results.   And yet two thousand years later, some still doubt God’s existence, and his effectual working in the lives of men and women.  The Bible said, “You have to be a fool to say that God doesn’t exist.”  The Bible said,

  

The fool said in his heart there is no God.

Man is uniquely made by God, apart from all of the earthly creatures that he had made.  Some may try to prove that man is no different from an animal or any living creature.  It goes back to the garden of Eden when satan brought man down from the honorable position where God had placed him.  And it has always been satan’s purpose to destroy all of God’s creation, especially man whom he created to be like him.  Satan is a killer and the destroyer of man, and he wants to degrade and trample upon the glory of man that is given to him by God.    

No wonder there’s a lot of killing going on, you read it daily in the news, and how about abortion, killing babies to the thousands before they were even born?  And animals are loved more than a human being.

That is why satan wants you to be ignorant of the things of God.  He wants you to be ignorant of who you really are.  Satan is the father of all knowledge and doctrines that go against the knowledge of God.  He’ll do anything for you to be ignorant of God’s word.  He’ll put doubts in your mind to not believe God.  He’ll do anything to stop you from learning anything about the word of God.  That’s why God in the Bible said,

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

He’s not talking about math or science or some kind of knowledge that you learn in school, but the knowledge that comes from God and from his word, the Holy Bible, which the human soul needs in order to live.

If you allow the knowledge of the word of God to influence you by the Holy Spirit of God.  If you allow the knowledge of the Son of God Jesus Christ in your mind, it will lead you to know Him and be in Him.  The Bible said,

If anyman be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things pass away, behold all things are become new. That’s the kind of a result that we need.  The result of a changed life through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

You are unique, you have a soul that is eternal, because it is the very breath and life that comes from God himself.  The Bible said,  

What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?

Our present world, is filled with people who have totally sold out and lost their soul to the devil. People are oblivious to the fact, that satan had already stolen their souls and the souls of their children mercilessly through the so called entertainment on TV, through video games, and through the internet.  The hip hop culture, is teeming with the souls of men and women who are sold out to its message of violence.  Not knowing the word of God, leaves one blind to the workings of satan, because what’s happening is taking place in the spiritual realm, and satan is working in the spiritual realm.  And the souls of children and men and women are being destroyed, ignorant of the enemy of their soul.  If only someone will tell them and teach them the word of God to save their souls from death, only then will they be saved.    

And it’s our responsibility to teach our children about God, and about their soul, and it’s our responsibility to bring them to church to learn about God and God’s plan for them.

Why are we saying all these?  It’s because God loves you and he cares about your soul.

Psa 8:4  What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

God is mindful of you today.  He’s been visiting you, speaking to you with that still small voice, leading you to know him, to fellowship with him.

And God does not want anyone to die in their sin, that’s why he made a plan for you to be saved from sin.  

Because the Bible said, for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life.

Yes man was separated in the beginning from his fellowship, but God had already made a plan even before he created man, before the foundation of the world,  to reconcile man back to him.

And He did it through his Son Jesus Christ.  God wants to restore the glory which man had in the beginning, it’s God’s plan to put your life back together, the way God planned it to be.

The Bible said,

Eph 2:10  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

God wants to remake your life thru the sacrificial death of his Son Jesus Christ.  The Blood of Christ is able to cleanse you from the death of sin.  God wants to give you another chance to live a better life, better than the life that you are living without Christ in your life.  Jesus said,

Joh 10:10  The thief (which is satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Let me ask you the question:  Has sin made your life better?  Are you happier today because of the goodness of sin in your life?  

If not then, why live in sin?  Has satan given you abundant life?  But Jesus will and God will because he loves you, because he’s mindful of you, and he doesn’t want you to destroy yourself or be destroyed by the enemy of your soul?

God’s arms are wide open to receive you, all you have to do is come to him.

The Bible said, 

Joh 15:13  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Through the eyes of love Jesus Christ looked at all men as friends who needs rescuing from the death of sin.  This is the reason why he died on calvary's cross for the sin of the whole world.  So there's no more excuse.  Would you come to Jesus Christ and invite him in your life?