{"id":15586,"date":"2017-08-16T07:51:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T11:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=15586"},"modified":"2017-08-16T07:57:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T11:57:38","slug":"worship-wednesday-only-gods-shoulders-are-big-enough-shoulders-for-king-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=15586","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – Only God’s Shoulders Are Big Enough – Shoulders – for King & Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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[Adapted from the Archives]<\/p>\n

\u201cI will lift up my eyes to the hills\u2013From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Psalm 121<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cCome to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.<\/span> Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Matthew 11:28-29 <\/a><\/p>\n

[After several days of grieving over a series of events meant to divide our country<\/a> right now and a natural disaster<\/a> and national catastrophe across the ocean, I needed the reminder that our shoulders are not strong enough to bear these burdens…only God’s shoulders can carry us through all our days.]<\/p>\n

There are wonderful and terrible things in this life I do not understand. The cycles of seasons. The next breath. The birth of a baby. The death of a young mother. A world crumbling under the weight of its own sin. At the same time, a world still sustaining life in exquisite beauty in the face of centuries of war. How is all this possible?<\/p>\n

We are carried. By a God who loves us,\u00a0comes alongside us,\u00a0and lifts us up out of the muck and mire of our troubles. He shoulders our burdens. I am daily grateful to Him for that, because our shoulders are too small and weak for the task. Even when I don\u2019t see God in a situation, I know, by faith and by experience, that He is present. How would we bear the wonders without Someone to praise for them? How would we bear the deep wrongs of this world without knowing, deep in our hearts, that He\u00a0carries us?<\/p>\n

Charles Spurgeon<\/a> once said, \u201cSome of you go forth to your daily labors and you find the place of your service to be a real wilderness, full of trial and everything that is unpleasant to you. Yet look again, with eyes touched with Heaven\u2019s eye-salve and, instead of seeing the bitter poverty, and the grinding toil, and the daily trial, you will begin to see that God is in it all and, ‘underneath are the everlasting arms!’ You shall go cheerfully home to Heaven, borne up by God. He who made you will carry you! He who loves you will bear you all the days of old till you shall come unto the Mountain of God and stand in your lot at the end of the days!\u201d*<\/p>\n

Luke and Joel Smallbone, of the group for King & Country<\/a><\/strong>, write so\u00a0honestly about the Shoulders <\/em>of God. The writing comes out of\u00a0their\u00a0personal\u00a0experience of both a life-threatening illness and the birth of a child. It’s no longer a new song, but it draws me back to the truth of what is most real in our lives. Watch their video<\/a> linked below which visually tells stories some of which we have also experienced.<\/strong> Thankful for these guys who help me to worship God as He is. Strong and true.<\/p>\n

Worship<\/a> with me:<\/p>\n

When confusion\u2019s my companion
\nAnd despair holds me for ransom
\nI will feel no fear
\nI know that You are near
\nWhen I\u2019m caught deep in the valley
\nWith chaos for my company
\nI\u2019ll find my comfort here
\n\u2018Cause I know that You are near<\/span><\/p>\n

CHORUS
\nMy help comes from You
\nYou\u2019re right here, pulling me through
\nYou carry my weakness, my sickness, my brokenness all on Your shoulders
\nYour shoulders
\nMy help comes from You
\nYou are my rest, my rescue
\nI don\u2019t have to see to believe that You\u2019re lifting me up on Your shoulders
\nYour shoulders<\/p>\n

You mend what once was shattered
\nAnd You turn my tears to laughter
\nYour forgiveness is my fortress
\nOh Your mercy is relentless<\/p>\n

My help is from You
\nDon\u2019t have to see it to believe it
\nMy help is from you
\nDon\u2019t have to see it, \u2018cause I know, \u2018cause I know it\u2019s true.**<\/p>\n

\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit:\u00a0www.forkingandcountry.com<\/a><\/p>\n

A Kingdom Agenda Strategy for Community Transformation<\/em> – Tony Evans<\/a><\/p>\n

Baptist Global Response<\/a><\/p>\n

*The Everlasting Arms<\/em> by Charles Spurgeon<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video (Lyrics) \u2013 Shoulders<\/em> \u2013 for King & Country<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video \u2013 Shoulders<\/em> \u2013 for King & Country \u2013 Official Video<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video \u2013 Shoulders<\/em> Live on K-Love with For King\u00a0& Country<\/a><\/p>\n

See It First: Go Behind the Scenes of For King & Country\u2019s Powerful Video,\u00a0\u2018Shoulders<\/em>\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

**K-Love \u2013 Lyrics to Shoulders by songwriters Luke Smallbone, Joel Smallbone, Ben Glover, Tedd Tjornhom<\/a><\/p>\n

Story Behind the Song \u2013 Shoulders \u2013 <\/em>NewReleaseTuesday.com Interview with Luke Smallbone<\/a><\/p>\n

For Hope: Luke Smallbone Finds Grace in the Darkness<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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