O LORD our Lord, how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth! who hast set Thy glory above the heavens. Ps 8:1

Have ever stood in a place that was breathtaking? Such that overwhelmed your entire being? I recall the first time I stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon. The vision was so glorious and unbelievable, that I became nauseously overwhelmed by the majestic view of the wonder of this creation. It was as though to experience the beauty of creation in an instant. Later, as I stood before the powerful waters and the majestic sight of the Niagara Falls, those same feelings and emotions returned. Both of these created wonders, as magnificent as they are, are only small elements of the marvelous wonder of God. Every thought that I ever had for the presence of God, His majesty, His wonder, His glory, His holiness, and His righteousness failed in comparison. He is more wonderful and breathtaking than the depth of the Grand Canyon or the power of the Niagara Falls. The scripture passage reminds us of the praiseworthiness of God and “how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth.” In each of those moments I felt an overwhelming unworthiness in my spirit that cried out along with Peter when he saw his boat become overwhelmed with an abundance of fish. He was so humiliated in his unworthiness that “he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord” (Lk 5:8). I become equally ashamed when I am reminded that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose” (Rom 8:28). How is it that we can say, “how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth” and complain about our circumstances? We gripe and complain about the displeasure, dissatisfaction, disappointments, and discouragements encountered in life, and fail to recognize them as the excellent works of God. Dear friend, have you allowed despair, anger, anxiety, or bitterness to dampened or dimmed your view of the excellence of God? Do you desire more change in your circumstance or more change in your view of God? Jesus came that we might have eternal life “and this is life eternal, that they might know the only true God, and Jesus Christ” (Jn 17:3). My friend, God has not abandoned you in your circumstances. His excellence is present and powerfully working for you “according to His purpose” (Rom 8:28). God has promised that He “will never leave thee nor forsake thee” (Heb 13:5). My friend, be renewed in the word of God (Rom 12:2) and allow the Holy Spirit to guide “you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Pet 2:9) that you might behold His glory and proclaim with all the saints “how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth.” Father thank You for Your love and Your excellence “above the heavens.” I humbly bow in Your presence and praise You in the blessed and holy Name of Jesus. Amen.