The Psalmist wondered as to the significance of humanity in the thoughts of God in view of God’s greatness and the works of his hands.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet… ~ Psalm 8:3-6 

Among the many quotations from the Old Testament that the writer of Hebrews cites to speak of the magnificence of Christ, this is one of them.

For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. ~ Hebrews 2:5-9

Andrew Murray writes, “It was by his union with us in our life in the flesh, by his identifying himself with our nature, that Jesus was able to claim and to work out and enter into possession of the glory God had promised to man.”

Have you ever thought about this in such a way, that Jesus has possessed the glory that God prepared for man created in his image? In Jesus we find all the fulness of what God has prepared for us.

We are living in a time in which false teachers prey on unsuspecting Christians by appealing to their need for a meaningful Christian life. This is often presented as destiny, and is often tied to donating to the false teachers’ ministry. The Bible never presents such doctrines to us. 

The goal of the Christian life is to be daily conformed to the image of Christ, to allow the Holy Spirit’s work to transform us more into the likeness of Christ. Paul says to the Colossians, ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power… ~ Colossians 2:10.

This comes on the heels of Paul’s words to be firmly rooted and built up in Christ and not to have our faith in Christ supplanted through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world… ~ 8

In Christ, God has brought forth the perfect image of himself in humanity, and the likeness of Christ is what the Holy Spirit works within our inner life, moment by moment, as we fix our gaze of him and trust him with all our hearts.

As we consider the vastness of God’s creation, and the heavens declaring the glory of God, think how rich, and deep, and glorious his work in us by His Spirit must be, as he transforms us into the very likeness of Christ through our journey of faith?

Blessings…