The Grace of God, to a Worm of a man

Psalm 22 verse 6 says something interesting...


It says "But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people."

This statement in light of earlier verses in this Psalm (i.e. verse 3 "Yet You are Holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel."), throws a very stark contrast into the human heart.

Jeremiah 17 verse 9 says that the heart of man is "deceitful" and "desperately wicked", and if the heart is said to be "deceitful" who is being deceived, and what is the deception?
Well to answer plainly, we, humanity are being deceived, by our own inward selves, by our lying, wicked hearts.
What is the deception? Simple. that we are more than worms...
This Psalm reminds the heart of its own lies, and thus we do everything in our power to avoid things like this Psalm, things that remind us of our lowly nature.
Why do we need to be reminded that we are lowly?
Isaiah 6 verses 1-3 reveal it quite plainly:
 "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. 2 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said: 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory!'"

God is Holy, He is high and lifted up, the earth shakes just being near His presence, so who are we in comparison?

Worms... Lowly crawlers of the earth.
And yet... He values us...
Within the same passage that speaks of us as worms, we are told that God cares for us, that He rescues us (Psalm 22: 9-10 and on).

God cares for us, and values us. The fact is, we are worms, let not your heart deceive you! We are worms. But God, the Most High, the Holy One, loves us and cares for us. Psalm 103 is full of great promise and obvious care.
See this in particular: Psalm 103 verse 14: "For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust."
Dust we are, worms we are. But He still remembers us, He brings us to mind, and our God cares for us. Indeed: Psalm 103 verse 13 says: As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion on those who fear Him."
We are worms, we are dust, but our Heavenly Father cares for us.

Grace be with you--
The Scribe