The Maker of Noses

Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord! (Ps. 144:15b NASB)

This nation, the whole world, is constantly looking for answers to problems that keep plaguing us – from small things to large things.  Our government, and people in general, are good at pointing fingers to assign blame.  Then lay out big plans on how to fix all these issues.  However, the solution never gets to the heart of the problem.  We are still dealing with the same issues today that we have been dealing with for many years.  All the solutions proposed, and enacted, have not made the problems better.  In some cases, we are worse off now than ever before.

Rich Mullins song The Maker of Noses deals with issues that are unfortunately more relevant today than when Rich wrote the song 30 years ago.  Issues such as:

• • • Peace
    • Hunger
    • Racism

And that is just in the first verse!  He goes on to mention poverty, violence, and safety.  We see these issues all the time…all around us.  It is a growing problem.

Rich says he believes there is a time and a place that these things will end, to which I say AMEN!  The problem is where to find it.

This is why I believe these problems have been growing:  no one seems to know where to find the solution.  You ask different people, and they will give you different answers for how to solve these problems.  They started long before this song was written 30 years ago, and 30 years later, they are much worse.  The world’s solutions are not helping.

If we want to see true change, it will only be through following God.  Individually, collectively as a nation, and the world.  I don’t naively believe that the world is going to just turn to Jesus.  This is where the Arrow Pointing to Jesus mentality comes into play.  To see this nation return to Christ, it starts with an individual effort.  You must point the way to the Lord.  He is the only one who has the answers to fix all of this!

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord (Ps. 33:12a NASB)

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The Maker of Noses

I believe there is a place
Where people live in perfect peace
Where there is food on every plate
Where work is rewarded and rest is sweet
Where the color of your skin
Won’t get you in or keep you out
Where justice reigns and truth finally wins
Its hard fought war against fear and doubt

And everyone I know wants to go there too
But when I ask them how to do it they seem so confused
Do I turn to the left?
Do I turn to the right?
When I turn to the world they gave me this advice

They said boy you just follow your heart
But my heart just led me into my chest
They said follow your nose
But the direction changed every time I went and turned my head
And they said boy you just follow your dreams
But my dreams were only misty notions
But the Father of hearts and the Maker of noses
And the Giver of dreams He’s the one I have chosen
And I will follow Him

I believe there’ll come a time
Lord I pray it’s not too far off
There’ll be no poverty or crime
There’ll be no greed and we will learn how to love
And children will be safe in their homes
And there’ll be no violence out on the streets
The old will not be left alone
And the strong will learn how to care for the weak

And everyone I know hopes it comes real soon
But when I ask ’em where I’d find it they seem so confused
Do I find it in the day?
Do I find it in the night?
When I finally ask the world they give me this advice

Well they said boy you just follow your heart
But my heart just led me into my chest
They said follow your nose
But the direction changed every time I went and turned my head
And they said boy you just follow your dreams
But my dreams were only misty notions
But the Father of hearts and the Maker of noses
And the Giver of dreams He’s the one I have chosen

And oh I hear the voice of a million dreams
Then I wake in the world that I’m partly made of
And the world that is partly my homemaking
And oh I hear the song of a heart set free
That will not be kept down
By the fury and sound
Of a world that is wasting away but keeps saying (keeps on saying)

Saying boy you just follow your heart
But my heart just led me into my chest
They said follow your nose
The direction changed every time I go and turn my head
They said boy you just follow your dreams
But my dreams were only misty notions
But the Father of hearts and the Maker of noses
And the Giver of dreams He’s the one I have chosen
And I will follow Him