When all around is fading
And nothing seems to last
When each day is filled with sorrow
Still I know with all my heart
He's got the whole world in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands
I fear no evil, for You are with me
Strong to deliver, mighty to save
He's got the whole world in His hands
When I walk through fire
I will not be burned
When the waves come crashing round me
Still I know with all my heart
He's got the whole world in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands
I fear no evil, for You are with me
Strong to deliver, mighty to save
He's got the whole world in His hands
sometimes more then others i get so overwhelmed with the world, and the fact that it's falling apart. it is. it always is. and it will only get worse.
But, God has it all in His hands. all the pieces of this broken world are in His hands. He is the one who will restore them. He will make the ugly things in this world shine with the beauty of His glory. He will show them His love. He will show them how to love Him. He will make Himself known in this ugly world. He will, because He holds the universe... He holds the whole universe and every individual person in it. He loves them. He loves the world He has made. He wants them to know that He loves them.
When my heart breaks over things, I must remember that He is not distant. His heart is breaking too. But His heart can do mighty things.
Psalm 42
1 As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;
When shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
4 These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me, For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
5 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul is in despair within me;
Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
8 The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me in the night,
A prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will say to God my rock, "Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"
11 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.
"Lord, help me be remember that You hold the world in your hands. You hold that little bitty baby in your hands. You hold my brothers and my sisters, You hold the universe. Thank you that i will never be plucked out of your hand. Help me show the world your love. Help me fight for what You desire. Help me to no be overwhelmed with the brokenness of this world, and remind me that You hold every little piece, and you will make something beautiful out of this mess."
selah... and listen
EM
1 comment:
"all the pieces of this broken world are in His hands."
That is great great imagery.
His heart is breaking, but it doesn't become broken as ours. So there is no surprise to Him.
To extend that imagery farther (me taking things too far? Unheard of!), it's almost like He spreads out His hands to catch us when we haven't fallen yet. Like, His hands are already there, at the place, before we even get there.
Anything that God has placed to happen, He puts there for us to use to His glory. Now let me say that in a different way: He didn't place anything in our lives and on our hearts to look for the bad, but to find not JUST the good, but to find Christ in each circumstance. He's made Himself available for all scenarios. Amazing.
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