DAY 14 | The LORD Our Maker

Come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel in front of Adonai Osenu (The LORD Our Maker)
Psalm 95:6

photography by Pawel Czerwinski / calligraphy by Rita Ip

MUSIC

PRAYER

The LORD My Maker, I praise You. You saw me when I was still formless, and You knit me together in my mother's womb.

Thank You for creating me in Your image and breathing into me Your living Spirit. You know every one of my hidden thoughts and desires; no one else knows me so intimately.

Forgive me when I fail to appreciate the way You have designed me and when I fail to see the worth of others. Forgive me when I am indifferent to life.

Teach me to fully accept and embrace exactly the way You have created and wired me. Mould me and empower me to walk into my destiny.

Because You are My Maker, I proudly declare my existence is not random, not an accident. I am fearfully and wonderfully made for a purpose that only I can fulfill.

A few facts…

Three Hebrew words are translated as “maker”.
- ‘Oseh (the word from which Adonai Osenu derives) - doing, making or fashioning
- Yotser - fashioning, shaping, or forming
- Pa‘al - doing or making

Exercise 1:

TWO-WAY JOURNALING

Find a space where you can focus and write, and sit comfortably.

Smile and breathe. Smile, you are loved and chosen before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:4)! Slowly and gently inhale through the nose, and picture this in your mind: our Father forms you with His loving hands and breaths life into you. Pause and hold your breath, and picture this: He is very pleased and delighted as He looks into your eyes. Exhale slowly and fully as you release your inner critic or anything you don’t like about yourself.

We are writing to The LORD Our Maker today. This is different from “God (the Creator)” from Day 1 of our journey, on which we exalt the One who has the power to create “everything”. Our focus today is on the One who has formed the unique YOU. Let’s invite the Holy Spirit to guide you as you write. Record the dialogue in your journal.

[Part 1]
Dear Father / The LORD My Maker, …
[Part 2]
Dear child / (your name), …

• You may take this opportunity to address the way He has designed and wired you, tell Him what you like about it or what you can’t fully embrace. It can be about your gender, race, physical features (your height, weight, figure, etc.), abilities, gifts, personality, etc.

• You may thank Him for every (or a specific) organ or body part, and thank Him for what it allows you to do or achieve in your life.

• You may ask Him questions like, “What were You thinking when You created me?”, “What is my divine purpose?”, “What do you see in me?”, etc.

Check out Appendix 2 for more.

Exercise 2:

DECLARATION

He is The LORD Your Maker. He has fashioned you in His image and for His purpose. How does this relate to the way you live today?

Because You are The LORD My Maker, I declare I can / I will / I am…

Read your declaration out loud to Him, yourself, and the universe, as many times as you need to let it sink deep into your heart. Your faith-filled declaration can break the patterns of limiting beliefs. This small action you take will help rewire your brain and renew your mind for His purpose.

This completes Day 14 of HE. Today, I pray that you will come to a full realization of your divine worth, and continually bask in His delight.