June 17, 2025 • 13 mins
In today’s Spiritual Foundation Episode, I talk about Psalm 8 and Romans 5: 1-5. I share how the name of God being shared is impactful. I also share how we are called to be the sign of God’s presence in the world.
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(00:00):
Thanks for joining me on episode 1550 of the Inspired Stewardship
Podcast. I'm Kelly Jean Philippe.
I challenge you to invest in yourself,
invest in others,
develop your influence and impact the world by using your time,
your talent and your treasures to live out your calling.
(00:20):
Having the ability to understand how to be a real father
is key and one way to be inspired to do that
is to listen to this the Inspired Stewardship Podcast with my
friend Scott Mater to share that presence of God not just
(00:43):
for us,
but for all who want to claim that grace and that
hope. We are called to be a sign that God is
God and we would reflect that moment of creation and hope
and redemption and wisdom and encouragement and growth.
Welcome and thank you for joining us on the Inspired Stewardship
(01:06):
Podcast. If you truly desire to become the person who God
wants you to be,
then you must learn to use your time,
your talent and your treasures for your true calling.
In the Inspired Stewardship Podcast you will learn to invest in
yourself, invest in others,
and develop your influence so that you can can impact the
(01:28):
world. In today's spiritual foundation episode,
I talk with you about Psalm chapter 8 and Romans chapter
5, verses 1 through 5.
I share how the name of God being shared is impactful
and I also talk about how we are called to be
(01:49):
the sign of God's presence in the world.
Psalm 8 says,
O Lord,
our sovereign,
how majestic is your name in all the earth.
You have set your glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded
a bulwark because of your foes,
to silence the enemy and the avenger.
(02:10):
When I look at your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
that you have established what are humans,
that you are mindful of them,
mortals, that you care for them.
Yet you have made them a little lower than God,
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You have given them dominion over the works of your hands,
and have put all things under their feet,
all sheep and oxen,
(02:30):
and also the beasts of the fields,
the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
O Lord,
our sovereign,
how majestic is your name in all the earth.
Romans 5:1 5 says,
Therefore, since we are justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
(02:51):
through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which
we stand.
And we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of
God. And not only that,
but we also boast in our afflictions,
knowing that affliction produces endurance,
and endurance produces character and Character produces hope and hope does
not put us to shame.
Because God love has been poured into our hearts through the
(03:13):
Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
How majestic is your name.
That line in the psalm stands out because it begins and
it ends with those same words.
Obviously that's something that was important.
How majestic is your name?
(03:34):
You can read those words and you can hear the Michael
W. Smith song,
O Lord,
our Lord,
how majestic is your name.
And all the earth.
All of those songs that people talk about that where it's
seven words you repeat 11 times,
and yet it works.
It's that repetition that brings home and carries the meaning.
(03:57):
It's saying it over and over until it begins to finally
make sense to you.
This singing and repetition begins to make sense in some way.
What sense did it make?
What do those words mean?
How majestic is your name?
Does it mean that God's name is cool and funky,
(04:19):
but not in the modern day sense of hey,
I like that name,
it's cool,
but rather in an Old Testament sense.
See, in the Old Testament,
knowing something's name was an example and a way of having
power. This is why it's so incredible that God would share
(04:39):
and give away freely the divine name.
That's why the burning bush,
coming to Moses and speaking the name of God is such
a singular moment.
And the people of God knew that.
So they were reluctant to actually say the name of God.
Instead, the letters Y H W H would form the name
(05:02):
of God in Hebrew text and we would pronounce it Yahweh.
Because our understanding is different now.
We treat it as just.
Words are words,
names are names.
And so you'll actually hear people say that in many circles.
And maybe that's okay.
After all,
God gave us that name to use.
(05:24):
But the early followers didn't want to abuse the gift.
So whenever the text would have those letters Y H W
H, then the reader of the text would substitute the word
adone for that name means Lord,
that word means Lord.
It's a title instead of a name.
(05:44):
Adonier was used for human beings at the time.
It was an acknowledgment to a superior.
It was an honorific.
And then translators heard the word adonye inserted where they saw
the letters Y H W h.
And so they put the vowels in after the consonants and
(06:04):
came up with the word Y A H O V.
They were German,
so the Y was pronounced J.
And we became Jehovah.
And we now use that word as both a substitute,
including both the name and the title of God.
But notice that word,
(06:25):
that actual word didn't appear in the original text of the
Bible anywhere.
Great, Fascinating.
Thanks for the history lesson.
But what does that have to do with Trinity Sunday,
which is the Sunday that just happened?
What does it have to do with the psalm?
That's the kind of the point.
The name thing is a bit of a mystery.
(06:49):
How can a name be majestic in all the earth?
How does constant repetition of praise bring glory to God's name?
And what aspect or dimension or part of God are we
praising? Anyway,
the psalm is about the Creator,
God or the Father.
And this is also around Father's Day,
(07:10):
so that's meaningful as well.
So this Trinity Sunday represents the other dimensions or aspects or
people or parts,
or whatever name you want to give it to God,
the fact that God is not whole in any one dimension.
(07:31):
And here we say,
when I look at the heavens,
I see the work of your fingers.
Recently the aurora came down where people even further south into
the United States could see it at night.
And it's an amazing sight in the heavens of the earth
being painted with the colors of the universe and making us
(07:52):
feel small and humble in the face of that.
The psalm is an amazement of that.
And yet it also calls out,
we are little lower than God,
crowned with glory and honor.
It says,
by God's choice,
we are sharing a little bit in God's glory.
(08:12):
We are significant,
but not because we're important,
but because God is important.
We are significant because God made us.
And that's the aspect of Jesus the Son.
That's the part of God that we call the Redeemer.
That is the part of God that lifts us up beyond
where we might be,
that gives us and makes us more than we could be
(08:34):
or should be.
And it's done because of love.
God so loved us.
And how could we respond in any way but saying,
o Lord,
our sovereign,
how majestic is your name?
We look up at the person that cares for us and
we coo and we gurgle like babes in the woods.
(08:56):
And those things,
those moments,
those cries out to the majesty of God.
This, it shows up not only in our words,
but hopefully in our lives,
our power and everything that we do.
Because we are the bearers of that Name.
And that name is bigger than us,
(09:16):
it's more than us,
it's beyond us.
We can't carry the weight of that unless we are lifted
up and strengthened by God.
We have to declare the majesty of God through our words,
through our deeds,
through our very breath and being.
That's how the Spirit shows up with us.
(09:38):
And we can only do it when the Spirit shows up
with us.
And that Spirit then pours out God's love into our hearts.
And that's what allows us to become the disciples that we
hope to be.
That's what Romans 5 is about.
That's our boast that we can share in the glory of
God. And it's that same glory that we were singing about
(10:02):
in Psalm 8.
But not in a way that we replace God.
Not because we take over,
not because we take the seat of judgment from God.
No. But because we are given grace to stand before God.
We then should pass that grace on to God's creation.
That grace is available even when everything seems like it's wrong.
(10:26):
And rejoice in those moments,
not just in the moments when everything is going right,
but even in the afflictions and the sufferings.
That's what Paul says.
That's how we can know grace and know glory.
Even in the midst of suffering,
we can find joy.
Because in the midst of all of it,
(10:48):
we are loved and we are being made more like Christ.
Our love is shaped by God's love.
We are God's act of creation.
That's part of the message.
The Creator works within us.
We are there,
chosen by God to be a sign of God's presence in
(11:09):
the world.
We are a tool that God uses.
And that tool that God uses to bless us is the
tool of wisdom.
Wisdom is God's first creation,
we're told,
and then wisdom becomes the means by which everything else is
made. That may be the very word that John1 speaks of.
That's the Spirit that pours love into our hearts.
(11:33):
At least that's one way of thinking about it.
But all of that comes together in a mix and we've
come to call that the Trinity.
A concept that is both holy other and un understandable.
And yet it's also an intricate and intimate part of who
we are as a community of faith and in the making
(11:54):
of disciples.
It is both separate and un understandable and yet intricate and
intimate to who we are.
That is how we bring that sense of being beyond ourselves
to live out the glory and in ourselves and in others
(12:15):
to share that presence of God.
Not just for us,
but for all who want to claim that grace and that
hope. We are called to be a sign that God is
God. And we would reflect that moment of creation and hope
and redemption and wisdom and encouragement and growth.
(12:38):
Thanks for listening.
Thanks so much for listening to the Inspired Stewardship Podcast.
As a subscriber and listener.
We challenge you to not just sit back and passively listen,
but act on what you've heard and find a way to
(12:59):
live your calling.
If you enjoyed this episode,
do me a favor.
Go over to facebook.com
inspiredstewardship and like our Facebook page and mark it that you'd
like to get notifications from us so that we can connect
with you on Facebook and make sure that we're serving you
(13:22):
to the best of our abilities with time and tips there.
Until next time,
invest your time,
your talent,
and your treasures.
Develop your influence and impact the world.
Thanks for joining me on episode 1550 of the Inspired Stewardship
Podcast. I'm Kelly Jean Philippe.
I challenge you to invest in yourself,
invest in others,
develop your influence and impact the world by using your time,
your talent and your treasures to live out your calling.
(00:20):
Having the ability to understand how to be a real father
is key and one way to be inspired to do that
is to listen to this the Inspired Stewardship Podcast with my
friend Scott Mater to share that presence of God not just
(00:43):
for us,
but for all who want to claim that grace and that
hope. We are called to be a sign that God is
God and we would reflect that moment of creation and hope
and redemption and wisdom and encouragement and growth.
Welcome and thank you for joining us on the Inspired Stewardship
(01:06):
Podcast. If you truly desire to become the person who God
wants you to be,
then you must learn to use your time,
your talent and your treasures for your true calling.
In the Inspired Stewardship Podcast you will learn to invest in
yourself, invest in others,
and develop your influence so that you can can impact the
(01:28):
world. In today's spiritual foundation episode,
I talk with you about Psalm chapter 8 and Romans chapter
5, verses 1 through 5.
I share how the name of God being shared is impactful
and I also talk about how we are called to be
(01:49):
the sign of God's presence in the world.
Psalm 8 says,
O Lord,
our sovereign,
how majestic is your name in all the earth.
You have set your glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded
a bulwark because of your foes,
to silence the enemy and the avenger.
(02:10):
When I look at your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
that you have established what are humans,
that you are mindful of them,
mortals, that you care for them.
Yet you have made them a little lower than God,
and crowned them with glory and honor.
You have given them dominion over the works of your hands,
and have put all things under their feet,
all sheep and oxen,
(02:30):
and also the beasts of the fields,
the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
O Lord,
our sovereign,
how majestic is your name in all the earth.
Romans 5:1 5 says,
Therefore, since we are justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
(02:51):
through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which
we stand.
And we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of
God. And not only that,
but we also boast in our afflictions,
knowing that affliction produces endurance,
and endurance produces character and Character produces hope and hope does
not put us to shame.
Because God love has been poured into our hearts through the
(03:13):
Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
How majestic is your name.
That line in the psalm stands out because it begins and
it ends with those same words.
Obviously that's something that was important.
How majestic is your name?
(03:34):
You can read those words and you can hear the Michael
W. Smith song,
O Lord,
our Lord,
how majestic is your name.
And all the earth.
All of those songs that people talk about that where it's
seven words you repeat 11 times,
and yet it works.
It's that repetition that brings home and carries the meaning.
(03:57):
It's saying it over and over until it begins to finally
make sense to you.
This singing and repetition begins to make sense in some way.
What sense did it make?
What do those words mean?
How majestic is your name?
Does it mean that God's name is cool and funky,
(04:19):
but not in the modern day sense of hey,
I like that name,
it's cool,
but rather in an Old Testament sense.
See, in the Old Testament,
knowing something's name was an example and a way of having
power. This is why it's so incredible that God would share
(04:39):
and give away freely the divine name.
That's why the burning bush,
coming to Moses and speaking the name of God is such
a singular moment.
And the people of God knew that.
So they were reluctant to actually say the name of God.
Instead, the letters Y H W H would form the name
(05:02):
of God in Hebrew text and we would pronounce it Yahweh.
Because our understanding is different now.
We treat it as just.
Words are words,
names are names.
And so you'll actually hear people say that in many circles.
And maybe that's okay.
After all,
God gave us that name to use.
(05:24):
But the early followers didn't want to abuse the gift.
So whenever the text would have those letters Y H W
H, then the reader of the text would substitute the word
adone for that name means Lord,
that word means Lord.
It's a title instead of a name.
(05:44):
Adonier was used for human beings at the time.
It was an acknowledgment to a superior.
It was an honorific.
And then translators heard the word adonye inserted where they saw
the letters Y H W h.
And so they put the vowels in after the consonants and
(06:04):
came up with the word Y A H O V.
They were German,
so the Y was pronounced J.
And we became Jehovah.
And we now use that word as both a substitute,
including both the name and the title of God.
But notice that word,
(06:25):
that actual word didn't appear in the original text of the
Bible anywhere.
Great, Fascinating.
Thanks for the history lesson.
But what does that have to do with Trinity Sunday,
which is the Sunday that just happened?
What does it have to do with the psalm?
That's the kind of the point.
The name thing is a bit of a mystery.
(06:49):
How can a name be majestic in all the earth?
How does constant repetition of praise bring glory to God's name?
And what aspect or dimension or part of God are we
praising? Anyway,
the psalm is about the Creator,
God or the Father.
And this is also around Father's Day,
(07:10):
so that's meaningful as well.
So this Trinity Sunday represents the other dimensions or aspects or
people or parts,
or whatever name you want to give it to God,
the fact that God is not whole in any one dimension.
(07:31):
And here we say,
when I look at the heavens,
I see the work of your fingers.
Recently the aurora came down where people even further south into
the United States could see it at night.
And it's an amazing sight in the heavens of the earth
being painted with the colors of the universe and making us
(07:52):
feel small and humble in the face of that.
The psalm is an amazement of that.
And yet it also calls out,
we are little lower than God,
crowned with glory and honor.
It says,
by God's choice,
we are sharing a little bit in God's glory.
(08:12):
We are significant,
but not because we're important,
but because God is important.
We are significant because God made us.
And that's the aspect of Jesus the Son.
That's the part of God that we call the Redeemer.
That is the part of God that lifts us up beyond
where we might be,
that gives us and makes us more than we could be
(08:34):
or should be.
And it's done because of love.
God so loved us.
And how could we respond in any way but saying,
o Lord,
our sovereign,
how majestic is your name?
We look up at the person that cares for us and
we coo and we gurgle like babes in the woods.
(08:56):
And those things,
those moments,
those cries out to the majesty of God.
This, it shows up not only in our words,
but hopefully in our lives,
our power and everything that we do.
Because we are the bearers of that Name.
And that name is bigger than us,
(09:16):
it's more than us,
it's beyond us.
We can't carry the weight of that unless we are lifted
up and strengthened by God.
We have to declare the majesty of God through our words,
through our deeds,
through our very breath and being.
That's how the Spirit shows up with us.
(09:38):
And we can only do it when the Spirit shows up
with us.
And that Spirit then pours out God's love into our hearts.
And that's what allows us to become the disciples that we
hope to be.
That's what Romans 5 is about.
That's our boast that we can share in the glory of
God. And it's that same glory that we were singing about
(10:02):
in Psalm 8.
But not in a way that we replace God.
Not because we take over,
not because we take the seat of judgment from God.
No. But because we are given grace to stand before God.
We then should pass that grace on to God's creation.
That grace is available even when everything seems like it's wrong.
(10:26):
And rejoice in those moments,
not just in the moments when everything is going right,
but even in the afflictions and the sufferings.
That's what Paul says.
That's how we can know grace and know glory.
Even in the midst of suffering,
we can find joy.
Because in the midst of all of it,
(10:48):
we are loved and we are being made more like Christ.
Our love is shaped by God's love.
We are God's act of creation.
That's part of the message.
The Creator works within us.
We are there,
chosen by God to be a sign of God's presence in
(11:09):
the world.
We are a tool that God uses.
And that tool that God uses to bless us is the
tool of wisdom.
Wisdom is God's first creation,
we're told,
and then wisdom becomes the means by which everything else is
made. That may be the very word that John1 speaks of.
That's the Spirit that pours love into our hearts.
(11:33):
At least that's one way of thinking about it.
But all of that comes together in a mix and we've
come to call that the Trinity.
A concept that is both holy other and un understandable.
And yet it's also an intricate and intimate part of who
we are as a community of faith and in the making
(11:54):
of disciples.
It is both separate and un understandable and yet intricate and
intimate to who we are.
That is how we bring that sense of being beyond ourselves
to live out the glory and in ourselves and in others
(12:15):
to share that presence of God.
Not just for us,
but for all who want to claim that grace and that
hope. We are called to be a sign that God is
God. And we would reflect that moment of creation and hope
and redemption and wisdom and encouragement and growth.
(12:38):
Thanks for listening.
Thanks so much for listening to the Inspired Stewardship Podcast.
As a subscriber and listener.
We challenge you to not just sit back and passively listen,
but act on what you've heard and find a way to
(12:59):
live your calling.
If you enjoyed this episode,
do me a favor.
Go over to facebook.com
inspiredstewardship and like our Facebook page and mark it that you'd
like to get notifications from us so that we can connect
with you on Facebook and make sure that we're serving you
(13:22):
to the best of our abilities with time and tips there.
Until next time,
invest your time,
your talent,
and your treasures.
Develop your influence and impact the world.
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