The world outside was so quiet. The sound of the wind going through the pine trees and the birds chirping prepared my heart for the prayer retreat I was about to embark on. I had wondered what I should be focusing on in this time with God and what questions I should be asking. But what came to be so evident is that I just needed to focus on Him. That was it. I did not need any questions answered or dilemmas fixed. He was all I needed in the craziness of what 2020 has become. Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of things I wanted answers to, but being captivated by God makes everything else fade away.
He is God, the starmaker, the soulwaker, the God I can’t take my eyes off of. Does God have that pull for you? That amazing attraction that you can’t stop looking at? What if we never dropped our gaze to the distractions of this earth? The lyrics of this song by Phil Wickham were the starting point for my retreat. This is who I can rest in despite all that is going on. And in this truth, the truth of who God is, I laid down my life again as His servant, surrendered and satisfied, not needing answers or a plan or a path for the future, just Him….
As my mom says, “I am living for an audience of ONE.” Are you living for an audience of ONE? The ONE? Who are you preforming for? Who are you trying to please? Who are you needing? Who or what has pulled your eyes away from the the ONE that is high above, “wrapped in light and crowned in love?” May we, more so now than ever before, keep our eyes on the only ONE who is sovereign, holy, just, merciful, loving, truthful, and holds this earth in His Creator hands.
Starmaker
Wrapped in light and crowned in love
Dark shaker
It trembles at your name
And here with you we are amazed
[Pre-Chorus]
And I can't look away
I am captivated
What else can I say
But sing in adoration
[Chorus]
You are holy
You are holy
High above the earth
You are holy
You are holy
[Verse 2]
Creator
What mysteries you hold
Your words worth more than wells of gold
Soulwaker
You bring our hearts to life
And here with you we're satisfied
Link to song- Starmaker
