{"id":33083,"date":"2024-06-05T14:57:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=33083"},"modified":"2024-06-05T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:06:31","slug":"worship-wednesday-the-maker-chris-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=33083","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – The Maker – Chris August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Do you not know? Have you not heard?\u2026
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth\u2026.
He stretches out the heavens like a canopy\u2026.
Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these?\u2026. Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. – <\/em>Isaiah 40:21-22,26,28<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus says the LORD, “I made the earth and created man on it: it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host”…This is what the Lord says\u2014He who created the heavens, He is God; He who fashioned and made the earth, He founded it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited\u2014He says: \u201cI am the Lord, and there is no other.\u201d<\/em> – Isaiah 45:12,18<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.<\/em> – Psalm 8:3-5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wherever your thoughts are taking you right now…open the door, first chance you get, and walk outside. The world is so much larger than we are. Take it in. The sights, the sounds. Breathe in. From the expansive heavens above us to the packed earth under our feet. Teeming with life we can’t even see but must appreciate. This world…was made for us…and we were made for God and each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dear friend of mine is going through cancer treatment. It is the hard, “going for cure” kind of treatment. Every day, my friend faces new struggle, and yet she remembers God, her Maker. Even in her searching, she always lands here…God is good; He loves her and He will make a way for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we are in the throes of struggle whatever the situation may be, we may question the goodness of God. Even when He told us to expect trouble<\/a>, we think it will land somewhere else. In John 16:33<\/a>, Jesus told his disciples, on the night before he died, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus had to take courage Himself that night – wrestling with the will of God. Yet, as He prayed, His peace was restored. He remembered the goodness of His Father. He knew a battle for our souls was in front of Him, and He faced it triumphantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This beautiful God – the Maker of this universe and the Lover of our souls – is the focus of singer, songwriter Chris August<\/a>‘s anthem. If your circumstances have hit hard, and you are struggling with seeing God as Victor in your life, I pray you let the words of this song wash over you. You are so loved…and will be forever. Take heart, Dear One. He is faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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