majesty of God – Song Dive

The next song for my Blog was written by Jeremy Riddle, Josh Farro, and Phil Wickham and first released in 2013. A link to Phil Wickham performing the song is at the bottom of this Blog entry.

This Is Amazing Grace

Who breaks the power of sin and darkness
Whose love is mighty and so much stronger
The King of Glory, the King above all kings
Who shakes the whole earth with holy thunder
And leaves us breathless in awe and wonder
The King of Glory, the King above all kings

This is amazing grace
This is unfailing love
That You would take my place
That You would bear my cross
You lay down Your life
That I would be set free
Oh, Jesus, I sing for
All that You’ve done for me

Who brings our chaos back into order
Who makes the orphan a son and daughter
The King of Glory, the King of Glory
Who rules the nations with truth and justice
Shines like the sun in all of its brilliance
The King of Glory, the King above all kings

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy is the King who conquered the grave
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Worthy, worthy, worthy

Have you ever had the power go out in your home and end up in a room that is just pitch black? I sometimes think this is what our world would look like if we could see the darkness created by all of us sinners. It is awesome to know that our God, alone, is the only one who can overcome this darkness and squelch the grip that sin has over us. He loves us so much that he refused to let us stay in this darkness and he brought the light to us through his son. His love for us brought a light so bright that the darkness in our lives disappeared once we accepted God’s gift. There have been many many kings during the time the earth has been around and many of them were powerful and ruled large portions of the world, but our king is the king of all kings since he has the power to rule the entire planet and overcome every obstacle/temptation Satan puts in front of us. Our God is the King of Glory, meaning he alone is worthy of our praise; there is no other person or being who deserves this honor and distinction.

I like how the song refers to the power of God through thunder. A lot of times we may be having a major thunder storm and some of the thunder seems to shake the house. This shows the power of God and his unseen hand and how our strength pales in comparison to his. Not only do we see the power of storms, we also see the incredible beauty of sunrises and sunsets that leaves us in awe of everything God does. He wants us to understand his love, his power, and enjoy the majesty of all of his creations. I can’t even imagine how beautiful heaven must be, but I am sure it will even more amazing than the most incredible sunsets and sunrises we have ever seen.

He made getting to heaven easy for us since he forgave us of all of our wrongs. His gift of eternal life through grace is something we never could have earned. His grace is an amazing gift that allows us to spend eternity with him. He has never left us and he has always loved us, no matter how we treated him or how often we ignored him. God was even willing to send his only son to die for us just so we could spend eternity with him. He didn’t ask us to die on the cross for our own sins and he didn’t tell us we are not good enough. He had his only son take our place. Take some time just to think about the depth of God’s love for us. All of this happened so we could be set free of sin, become children of God, and know that he has already prepared our eternal homes for us. This is definitely something to talk about, sing about, and share with others so they can have this same promise.

Part of the challenge of every day is just getting our arms around everything we need to do, and this is seldom easy to do. So many things pop up that just turn our plans for the day upside down. Only God can give us the peace we need and help turn our daily chaos into order. Through prayer and leaning on him, we can make it through each day as we let him guide us. I know it is hard to let go and let God lead, but that is the only path through the challenges and darkness we face.

So many times we feel alone and perhaps even unloved or unwanted. Maybe we don’t have any family around anymore, perhaps no close friends who are like family, maybe we don’t have a significant other, or maybe we truly are an orphan. The good news is that God loves us as his children and we are therefore, never unloved at any time nor are we ever an orphan. 1 Corinthians 6:18 tells us we are part of the family of God, “And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” Says the Lord Almighty.” Each of us has become part of the family of God. Our God and father watches over us, meets all of our needs, and rules the world with absolute truth and justice. It is true that Satan is here and tries to control every aspect of this world, but he is only here because our father allowed him to be here. Satan is still under the control of God our father and the day will come when Satan is locked away. It is awesome knowing that God loves us unconditionally and that he has accepted us as his children. We can never be separated from his love. Romans 8:38-39 confirms this, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

We are not worthy of his love, but his worth to us is more than we can even imagine. He is worthy because he sent his son to die for us instead of us having to pay the price for our own sins and he is worthy because he let his son rise from the dead to come back to heaven and prepare a home for us.

We are free because of God’s gift of amazing grace. We will all be singing about his amazing grace.

Click to Hear This is Amazing Grace by Phil Wickham

He’s Everything to Me

In the stars His handiwork I see,
On the wind He speaks with majesty,
Though He ruleth over land and sea,
What is that to me?
I will celebrate Nativity,
For it has a place in history,
Sure, He came to set His people free,
What is that to me?

Till by faith I met Him face to face,
and I felt the wonder of His grace,
Then I knew that He was more than just a
God who didn’t care,
That lived a way out there and

Now He walks beside me day by day,
Ever watching o’er me lest I stray,
Helping me to find the narrow way,
He’s Everything to me.

One thing a lot of us miss seeing are the beautiful bright stars in a dark night sky. In our towns and cities, it is often difficult to see anything in the sky because of all of the street lights, neon signs, lights on billboards, and basically anything that has lights clouds our vision of the sky. Have you ever been out at night in the open countryside or open sea and just looked up and saw all of the twinkling stars just light up the sky? Maybe you see the Little Dipper, Big Dipper, Orion’s belt, or some other constellation, but most of us probably just enjoy the view. What we are seeing is just another masterpiece created by God.

Many of us may have experienced tornadoes, hurricanes, or very strong gusty winds. We may get anxious or scared on these days, start looking for somewhere to hide, and wonder why God even allows this to happen. I am not sure of the purpose for these heavy winds, but the bible tells us about a mighty wind that scared the followers of Jesus. In Acts 2:2 we are told: Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. In looking at this passage we almost feel the power and majesty of God as he fills each person there with the Holy Spirit. He got their attention with the sound of the mighty wind and then filled them with his love and our comforter and his message.

We also know that God rules over both the land and the sea, but for others there is an attitude of so what; someone or something has to do it, or maybe a series of gods do it via their own magical powers. Many people just shrug their shoulders, and ask, how does this impact me and why do I care? People carry on with their lives without focusing too much on God’s power and love. Perhaps most of these same people celebrate Christmas and hear the message of God’s son, but do it out of obligation since that is what thers have done seemingly forever. These same people may even show up for an Easter service and hear the message about Jesus dying on the cross just so we could all have eternal life, but then shift their attention and focus to candy, eggs, and a special meal. The real question everyone should be asking about all of these things is, what does all of this really mean to me.

We may hear the message of Christ in church, we may hear the message from friends, and we may hear a lot of criticism of the message via the media and people who really don’t want to hear the message. The day that we stop and listen and internalize the message is the day we understand what the message means to us. This is the day we realize who God is and what he has really done for us. It is the time we understand the real meanings of mercy and grace and how Jesus sacrificed his all to give us all we need to spend eternity with him. We finally comprehend that God is not just out there, he is here with us, and in us.

Jesus came to walk among us when he came to the earth. He wanted people to realize that he truly understands what their lives are all about and to also realize what he was going to do for them and everyone from that day forward when he died on the cross. He left us with the Holy Spirit, who is a part of him, to walk with us every day and everywhere we go. So, he really is walking with us day by day. As we veer from the path God has chosen for us, the Holy Spirit is there to remind us that we have gotten off the chosen path and into the weeds. We have to walk a narrow path through the darkness of the world, but we are never alone.

Yes, he is everything to me.