by Judith MacNutt
Summer 2017
This fall, CHM will host the eighth annual Captivate women’s conference in Jacksonville, FL. In this excerpt from a previous Captivate conference, I explain that, because some of us have lost our sense of God’s majesty and wonder, we don’t have confidence that the Lord can and will help us.
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In his book Knowing God, J.I. Packer says, “Our lack of the sense of the majesty of God is one reason why our faith is so weak and our worship so flabby.” (InterVarsity Press, 1993) The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. (Hebrews 1:3) God chose that in Jesus all His beauty, majesty, power and glory would dwell. That’s who we worship. God is clothed with awesome majesty. (Job 37:22) The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. (Psalm 29:4) Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory, and the majesty. (I Chronicles 29:11) These passages speak of the awesome majesty of God as Supreme God, King of kings, and Lord of lords. We read in the book of Revelation that every time the name of Jesus is spoken in the heavens the angels fall on their faces to worship Him. Why does this matter? Some of you may have broken dreams and disappointments, or challenges in your family. Perhaps your marriage needs healing. What we tend to do during times like these is to think, God can’t help me. Then Satan has us right where he wants us. We have actually humanized God. We tend to see Him as inadequate, too small, or unwilling to help. Allow God to enlarge your image of Him. Let Him show you His majesty and glory. Our God is not too small and He longs to draw you into a greater place of intimacy and trust. |
We invite you to join us at Captivate 2017, September 29–Oct 1 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. We welcome Danny and Sherri Silk as our guest speakers.
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Judith MacNutt is author, teacher, conference speaker and co–founder of CHM. |  |