PSALM 8:4 - "What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?"

Have you ever asked that question? What is man? What makes him so special that God would go through all the trouble of saving him?

We already know that it is because of God’s great love for man that Christ died on the cross. Jesus’ death displays the Father’s love for the people and the resurrection is His promise of salvation. But why go through all that trouble? Why bother saving mankind from sin? Why is man so important to God?

I read a book which answered my question: what is man? I learned from that book that man is composed of three parts: the body, soul and spirit. The highest of all is the spirit. It is what keeps man alive.

Remember how God created the first man? He took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it. Then he breathed life-giving breath into his nostril and man began to live. That is the spirit of God. It is what makes us alive.

Imagine a potter molding clay. God was like a potter when he created man. The human being was just like an empty piece of pottery before God had breathed his spirit into it. It was just an empty, lifeless pot.

An empty pot is nothing special to a potter. It is just like an ordinary pot like everything else he had made. But if the potter puts his life into it, then that pot will become very important to him. The potter will take good care of it.

Like a very special pot, God had put His life in man. He breathed His spirit unto him. Man is like a dwelling place for the Spirit of God. And as a man is mindful to keep his own house spick and span, so is God mindful of the dwelling place of His spirit.