Psalm 8—When Babies Praise Jesus

When our daughter was born, I was a new believer and keenly aware of God's miracle of new life, both physically and spiritually. 

My baby daughter Nicole had the sweetest habit of cooing while she slept. And when she accompanied me to my weekly Bible study a week after her birth, her coos were sweet background "music" to our prayers. 

Psalm 8 says God ordained "the praise of children and infants," and I'm convinced Nicole's baby coos were just that.(1)  

When Christ entered Jerusalem, He said that if the crowds were silent, the rocks would cry out (Luke 19:37-40). 

If rocks … why not cooing babies, chirping birds, humming cicadas, rolling ocean waves, and rustling leaves? 

Psalm 8 also says the praise of infants silences God's enemies. If baby coos shut the mouth of Satan, let's do our part to do the same. 

Why not set a timer today and praise God every hour?

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(1) Psalm 8 is also referenced in Matthew 21:16

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