Did You raise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might
Know Your majesty?
Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I've known marked
With my maker's fingerprints?
Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever will I seek You
Chorus:
'Cause all You are, is all I want, always
Draw me close in Your arms
Oh God, I wanna be with You
Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You
Capture me again
Let the earth resound with praise
Can You hear as all creation lives
To glorify one name?
I love this song and had always loved the picture it portrayed of God the provider. The fact that he is there...Always. Jehovah-Shammah. I loved to think about camp and being outside with God. He always seems closer when I'm looking at the snow fall. Or the rain falling at any rate. Or the sun warming the cold ground. Or the night stars. We had some great views of Aurora Borealis in Regina driving back from Pense after hockey last winter. So bright and beautiful. He attracts us with His nature. He's the one that makes this world the way it is so that we feel God putting a loving hand on our shoulder. I couldn't sing this for a few months earlier this year. The conflict of Jehovah Jireh and the feeling of betrayal. You are there God and you're not providing for what we thought we needed. Jesus knew how it felt like to have God turn his back. Though He never would turn away from us, out hearts felt empty. We had a hard time comprehending how to see God's hand at work; we really did still want to seek Him. We still cried out to Him in anger and pain. I still have a tough time with this song and realizing His works. What really makes sense has to do with the last stanza. Are you around when I feel the rain Lord? The next line just grips me though how pian brings on selfishness. To abandon all we think God has planned for out lives and everything we are and submit to what His will is and what His plans are. How can pain ever be apart of His plan. Though with the passing of children and believers comes less sin and less pain in the big picture. What really brought me back to the song was the reminder that God captures us again as we heal. I love this song because it reminds me that God is sovereign. He's the one ultimately in control, brings blessings in our lives at the right moments in sometimes the contradictory method to how our hearts would provide. Though we really shouldn't grumble because it's Jehovah Jireh and by no means would it ever be Graeme Jireh. I am so limited in what blessings I can provide. What I can do is, having been a vessel for God, bless others through ways i don't realize. I will also be reminded of this song in the face of losing everything I hold dear. Chandel is going to see a heart specialist because she's having problems with the flow in one or more of her chambers. Her broken heart makes mine break all the more. He still paints the stars for me. God still takes the time to bring joy in my life through by something as simple as a sunny day. He's still there and my response needs to be an abandonment of my nature to feel betrayed when pain creeps in. Chandel is pregnant. Pray that this child can be healthy in 6 months and be born. Pray that Chandel heals completely. Pray that I seek God through this time unselfishly. As you go, ask "did you...........for me Lord?" Ryan, I can offer a first question in the exercise for you. Fill in the blank with "provide this bride". He loves you and wants the best for you. Tough times are guarantee, but God has also provided joy specifically for you through the interwinding of your lives. God has provided and our response shall be to seek Him. I love you all and hope that this encourages you this week and month and year to focus on Jehovah Jireh. He is more than abundant in his provisions. Romans 5:17
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
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