Majesty

I love walking early in the morning especially now that it is fall and I get to see the brilliance and majestic beauty of the trees in their glorious changing colors. Awed by the beauty, one morning as I walked, I began singing “MAJESTY”, a hymn written by Jack Hayford in 1981.

 “MAJESTY, Worship His Majesty unto JESUS be all Glory, Honor, and Praise”.  Thinking about the words as I sang, I stopped.  I stopped because I questioned the lyrics being true.  You see I have been teaching in Hebrews and a couple of Hebrews verses flooded into my mind declaring that GOD the FATHER was the MAJESTY on high. 

Hebrews 1: 3 “Who being the brightness of HIS (GOD the FATHER’s) glory, and the express image of HIS (GOD the FATHER’s) person, and upholding all things by the word of HIS (JESUS) power, when HE (JESUS) had by HIMSELF purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the MAJESTY on high”

Hebrews 8:1 “We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the MAJESTY in the heavens;”

So. I asked the LORD GOD about it. Immediately John 14:9 came to mind, “he that has seen ME has seen the FATHER; so why do you says, Show us the FATHER?”

Satisfied that the lyrics were true I started singing again,

MAJESTY, Kingdom Authority flow from HIS Throne unto HIS Own HIS anthem raise  

Then I smiled for I thought of another verse.  Matthew 28:18 “Then JESUS came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to ME.”

So, Exalt, lift up on High the Name Of JESUS
Magnify come Glorify CHRIST JESUS The King

MAJESTY, Worship HIS MAJESTY, JESUS Who Died, Now Glorified, King Of All Kings.

In 2 Peter 1:6 the apostle Peter said “For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, but were eyewitnesses of HIS MAJESTY.”

JESUS’ half-brother Jude (who refused to believe JESUS was the SON of GOD until JESUS died and rose again), declared to JESUS, “To the only wise GOD our Savior, be glory and MAJESTY, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen” (Jude 1:25).

Do you check to see what is said is true?

Let us bow before HIS MAJESTY the LORD JESUS our King and sing praises to HIS glorious name, which means “HE will save HIS people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).

Hugs

Sharon

A great delight

My Grandson Sebastian connected my cochlear implant with an app on my phone and now one of the delights of my cochlear implant is how I can listen to videos.  Before to hear any teaching or music I would have to blast everyone else away and that was not acceptable.  But now I can connect with an app and understand what is said and no one else hears a sound.  It’s totally amazing!

Ever overhear something that triggers memory after memory?  That happened to me a few days ago when in my presence someone slipped and said something I knew nothing about.  The memories that flooded my mind were not good memories, they were painful ones of being left out and rejected.  They were all things I had thought I had forgiven many, many years ago.  

The memories bombarded me almost like a barrage of arrows and although there was irritation, there was no anger.  I figured the enemy was just trying to stir me up.  I said, “LORD, I forgive” and I let go of the irritation and continued with my day.  Throughout the day isolated memories came and I would have to let go of them and get back to work. That was that, until.

Until I was alone, driving to a night class I teach.  I turned on the beginning of the teaching video of Amir and listened and sang with that amazing chorus… “YOU are worthy of it all, YOU are worthy of it all for from YOU are all things and to YOU are all things, YOU deserve the glory!

It was if GOD was laughing and said, “Sharon listen up.  All the details of those memories were FROM ME.  When you were left out or mocked that is how YOU got to know ME.  It was those times you turned to ME and is the reason you can now hear ME.”

I was filled with such indescribable joy at the LORD’s love and amazing ways.

“you thought evil against me, but GOD meant it for good to bring about what is today” Genesis 50:20.

Selah/ pause, ponder that truth when hard things hit GOD is on your side working it for good for you if you love HIM. (Romans 8:28)

Hugs

Sharon
Thou art worthy, O LORD, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things Revelation 4:11