You spread out the skies over empty space
Said “let there be light”
Into a dark and formless world Your light was born

You spread out Your arms over empty hearts
Said “let there be light”
Into a dark and hopeless world Your Son was born

You made the world and saw that it was good
You sent Your only Son for You are good

What a wonderful Maker
What a wonderful Savior
How majestic Your whispers
And how humble Your love
With a strength like no other
And the heart of a Father
How majestic Your whispers
What a wonderful God

These are lyrics to a great worship song called [1] “Wonderful Maker” by Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin. I was reading Job 26 last week and I was excited to see that is the chapter that inspired these lyrics. Years ago I thought that God being our Maker wasn’t one of the “big” issues. It wasn’t part of the gospel or anything, right? Wrong. God being our Maker is the foundational issue we must cross in coming to Him.

When I went to church this morning I saw that we would be hearing a teacher from an organization for creation/evolution research. Honestly, I kind of thought it would be a boring lecture that I would battle to follow all the points and stay awake for. Previously when I’ve heard a lesson about this I think, “I agree with the guy but I’m not passionate about this.” What a horrible perspective! After being so blessed by his challenge as to why creation is so important we sang the above song in our high school group…”What a wonderful Maker, what a wonderful Savior…”

Since moving to Orange County and Compass Bible Church, I’ve been really challenged on this point and I am so excited to really grasp how important it is that God is our Maker. I heard our Pastor Mike talk abut sharing the gospel and he explained that God being our Creator was the first part we should talk about when witnessing to someone. In our discipleship workbook called Partners, Pastor Mike writes–

The first verse in the Bible says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1). The Bible teaches that God created everything that is, including you and me. The implications of this truth are huge. If God made us, then he is ultimately in charge! He owns us and we are responsible to him. He retains full rights over us as the Designer and Creator of human life.

If God is my Creator then He is in charge of my life. This truth bears huge weight because so many people live like life is theirs, but it simply isn’t. Every life belongs to God whether the person is right with Him or not. Grasping the importance of this really shows the amazing work of God’s salvation for what it is. Here a holy God created us, but we wanted sin. Instead of just tossing us away He has compassion on us. He loved us. He brings about a plan to redeem us. He is supreme. There is none higher than being the One who has existed eternally and brought into being everything that is. God is incredible. How foolish we are to try to exalt ourselves to this place. When we consider Him as Maker of everything, we should not hesitate to fully cast our all into His hands.

For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:16-17