Daily Devotional with Max Lucado
“The One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks”
I look at your heavens, which you made with your fingers .... But why are people important to you? - PSALM 8:3-4
We understand how storms are created. We map solar systems and transplant hearts. We measure the depths of the oceans and send signals to distant planets. We... have studied the system and are learning how it works.
And, for some, the loss of mystery has led to the loss of majesty. The more we know, the less we believe. Strange, don't you think? Knowledge of the workings shouldn't negate wonder. Knowledge should stir wonder. Who has more reason to worship than the astronomer who has seen the stars?...
Ironically, the more we know, the less we worship. We are more impressed with our discovery of the light switch than with the one who invented electricity.. . .Rather than worship the Creator, we worship the creation (see Rom. 1:25).
No wonder there is no wonder. We've figured it all out.
In the Grip of Grace
W Publishing Group (August 6, 1996) Max Lucado
Used by permission
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Max Lucado has touched millions with his signature storytelling writing style. Awards and accolades follow Max with each book he writes. Max is the first author to win the Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year three times—1999 for Just Like Jesus, 1997 for In the Grip of Grace and 1995 for When God Whispers Your Name. In 2005, Reader’s Digest dubbed him “America’s Best Preacher.” In addition, he has been an ECPA Gold Medallion finalist with more titles than any other author in the industry.
Max serves as Senior Minister of the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. But he says his greatest accomplishment is finding a one-in-a-million wife in Denalyn and having three unbelievable daughters: Jenna, Andrea, and Sara.