{"id":16568,"date":"2017-11-15T07:40:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T12:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=16568"},"modified":"2017-11-15T08:49:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T13:49:50","slug":"worship-wednesday-you-are-worthy-of-your-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=16568","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – You Are Worthy of Your Glory – Jon Shirley (Austin Stone Worship)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.<\/span>” – Luke 12:27<\/a><\/p>\n

“When I observe Your heavens, <\/span><\/span>the work of Your fingers,<\/span>
\nthe moon and the stars, <\/span>which You set in place,<\/span>
\nwhat is man that You remember him,<\/span>
\nthe son of man that You look after him?” – Psalm 8:3-4<\/a>
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“<\/sup>For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.<\/span> For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” – Romans 1:19-20<\/a>
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On Sunday at Movement Church<\/a>, we sang a song new to me that continues to move my heart to worship this week. Jon Shirley<\/a> of Austin Stone Worship<\/a> is the writer-composer of this song You Are Worthy<\/em>. In the Story Behind the Song video<\/a>, he mentions how a Victorian poet’s words inspired him to write the song.<\/p>\n

“The world is charged with the grandeur of God” changed, in the song, to “The earth is charged with Your great grandeur.”<\/p>\n

During the Victorian era (following the Industrial Revolution), Gerard Manley Hopkins<\/a> wrote poetry that extolled the glory of God as experienced in His creation. This was a time of tremendous prosperity and invention, where people were enamored with their own accomplishments. Hopkins gently shook his culture into awakening again to the astounding creative genius of God.<\/p>\n

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God’s Grandeur<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
By Gerard Manley Hopkins<\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The world is charged with the grandeur of God.<\/strong><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil<\/div>\n
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?<\/div>\n
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil<\/div>\n
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.<\/div>\n
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And for all this, nature is never spent;<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;<\/div>\n
And though the last lights off the black West went<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs \u2014<\/div>\n
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings. – Poetry Foundation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Today, we also find ourselves in an age of booming technology. So impressed with ourselves. Yet, when we clear our minds and re-orient to the extraordinary beauty and wonder of creation, we can do no other than worship the One who spoke<\/a> it into being. Worship the One who fashioned us into His image. Worship the God who still wants a relationship with us in all our smallness, bowing down to our own inventions and missing the God of the universe. This Creator God is worthy of glory; worthy of a world of worship.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n

How Has God Revealed Himself Through Nature?<\/em> – Don Stewart<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Marc Merlin<\/p>\n

Worship<\/a> with me, through this little song that celebrates such a great God:<\/p>\n

The earth is charged with Your great grandeur
\nThe stars above shine for You
\nAnd the world below responds in wonder, God!
\nAnd we\u2019re all lost in You
\nIn all You say and do<\/p>\n

You are worthy of Your glory
\nGod Almighty, You are Lord \u2013 forever
\nYou\u2019re robed in honor, You\u2019re armed with power
\nGod forever, You are Lord \u2013 forever<\/p>\n

The waves resound, they pound Your praises
\nThe flowers bloom, and stretch to You
\nLet everything you\u2019ve made now praise You, God
\nLet all creation sing!<\/p>\n

Awake my soul and sing
\nHallelujah, Hallelujah
\nHallelujah, You are Lord
\nForever Lord!*<\/p>\n