Thank you, Lord, for making me a part...

O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
(Psalm 8 ESV)
David looks over the wonder of God's creation, and what does he see? In the midst of it all, the greatest wonder is that God has a place for us to fit in. The son of man. What a thought - each one of us has a place that we fit into God's plan and moving picture.  David understood the wonder, but never ceased to be amazed by it.  Sadly, many of us miss it completely, thinking we are the director, screen-writer and solo star of the show.  David as well understood that The Star had not yet been born, that The Son of Man was yet to come, but that he himself also had a strong supporting role in the Son of David, Son of God show.  When David got a glimpse of the big picture he said: "Who am I?" Here he says "What am I?"  In the few moments of quiet we have today, let us be thankful that God has a part for each one of us, not only in this grand and glorious world, this set HE has constructed, but that it we have a role to play in the Story of Eternity we get to play out here and now.