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Feeling Small Bible in a Year : Ecclesiastes 1–3; 2 Corinthians :–33 What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? Psalm 8:4 Matthew 6:25–32 Many movie critics consider David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia one of the greatest films of all time. With its seemingly endless vistas of the Arabian deserts, it has influenced a generation of filmmakers—including Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg. “I was inspired the first time I saw Lawrence,” said Spielberg. “It made me feel puny. It still makes me feel puny. And that’s one measure of its greatness.” What makes me feel small is creation’s vastness—when I gaze at an ocean, fly over the polar ice cap, or survey a night sky sparkling with a billion stars. If the created universe is so expansive, how much greater must be the Creator spoke it into being! God’s greatness and our feelings of insignificance are echoed by David when he declares, “What are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?” (Psalm 8:4 nlt). But Jesus assures us, “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” (Matthew 6:26). I may feel small and insignificant, but through my Father’s eyes, I have great worth—a worth that is proven every time I look at the cross. The price He was willing to to restore me to fellowship with Him is evidence of how He values me. Reflect & Pray What wonder of creation draws your attention to God? How does it impact you to know how much your Creator values you? 
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It still blows my mind to think that God would care enough for mankind, and especially when I think ME, to do all He has done for us. Everything in creation makes me in awe of Him, but when I realize how He is my Father and I am his child, it makes me feel so humble, yet empowered. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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