The
Work
Of Your Fingers
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is
your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the
heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark
because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.
When I look at your heavens, the work of
your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human
beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you
care for them?
Yet you have made them a little lower
than God, and crowned them with glory and honor. You have given them dominion
over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, all
sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the
fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is
your name in all the earth!
Psalm 8:1-9
Augustine was one of the most brilliant
Christian thinkers of all time. He did some of his most effective and intimate
praying while engaged in deep thought. God broke through the deafness of
Augustine, to the Word of God. The beams God sent down,
shined into the blindness Augustine had to His Word. Augustine had a passionate
prayer life, and so can you. Prayerful thinking was not unique to Augustine.
David pondered the beauty of creation and felt compelled to worship his
Creator.
As we walk life's journey, our deep
thoughts and feelings and our praying can be interwoven. Seeing the beauty of
nature, or even solving a problem, can be opportunities for prayerful thinking.
Prayerful thinking leads to purposeful thinking.
Our
Daily Bread -