MAKER OF THE HEAVENS

When I first heard this beautiful song written by Jennifer Randolph in 1986 (Integrity's Hosanna!), it was on an album by Pastor Jason Alvarez. This song compelled me to God's reality, his great love for us and exposed a part of me that took many many years to come to terms with. As I would listen time after time to Pastor Jason expressing this relationship between himself and the CREATOR!, I new, felt and understood that God's love was the real deal. Yet, I could NEVER find confidence in expressing love BACK TO HIM!! I knew my praise back to God was insufficient. Horribly misaligned with the lyrics to this amazing song. I could scream the song in the privacy of my truck with the sound system blasting, but never in public. I would hardly make it through without cracking and weeping because I BELIEVE IT!! BUT...... I could never received the complete revelation of the two way relationship. Then I got it about a month ago. I, and us, will never qualify to worship God based on our own judgement of ourselves. I know and understand we must walk by faith and have successful moments of faith in operation. But I never gave God back what was HIS in the first place when it came to worship and praise. HE gives the faith!! Its HIS to begin with! He measures, judges and receives my praise and worship, NOT ME! It is His faith that He gives for us to qualify to stand in His courts. We simply in FAITH return back to Him what He has provided. Wow, its that easy to do, He did the creating, the forgiving, the providing the saving and the measure of faith to reflect back to Him what He is so worthy to receive... peace..