Holy WarsTrue BlueWhat Lasts for EternityTags: Church Growth, Church Growth Movement, Church growth consultants, worship leader, conservative, liberal, Conservative Christian, Conservative Christian theology, Evangelical, evangelism, post modern church, modernism, praise and worship, hymns, hymn singing, Apostle John, John Lavender, Twenty Four Elders in Heaven, Casting Crowns, The heavens declare the glory of God
We worship and praise because we were
created to do so. And we worship our Creator God. Worship is the very breath of our lives.
The worship of God is the very essence of the Christian’s being. The fact that we
will be doing this for eternity demonstrates this profoundly. Consider what the Apostle
John saw when he was caught up in a vision before God’s throne. In his vision of heaven John saw the four
living creatures and twenty-four elders fall down before the lamb. “And they sang a new song: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals, Because You were slain, And with Your blood you purchased men
for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.’ You have made them to be a kingdom and
priests to serve our God, And they will reign on the earth. “Then I looked and heard the voice
of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousands time ten thousand.
They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they
sang: ‘Worthy is the lamb, Who was slain, To receive power and wealth and wisdom
and strength And glory and honor and praise!’ “Then I heard every creature in
heaven and on earth and under the sea, and all that is in them singing: ‘To Him who sits on the throne and
to the lamb Be praise and honor and glory and power, For ever and ever!’ “The four living creatures said,
‘Amen,’ and the elders fell down and worshiped.” (Rev 5:9-14 NIV) For eternity we will praise Him. Forever
we will sing while bowing before His throne. We don’t know a lot about heaven, but
what we do know is that worship and praise through song will last for eternity. Worship of
God is what we were created to do and believers will be doing it forever. Many of our churches today are filled with
congregational leaders and pastors who remain pretty squeamish about involving themselves
in true worship. They would rather fill themselves with their church consultant’s
snake oil and keep church at the entertainment level where everything seems safe and
secure. They don’t want music to get down to the heart level where praise in song can
gloriously usher out of their flock’s being in life changing ways. They would rather
it simply impress those they seek to attract in order to fulfill their desires for more.
In so doing they feign from the power of God to depend upon their own feeble efforts. They
shun the council of God to inhale the schemes of advisors from the outside. Yet the Bible assures us that music is all
about praising God. “Is any of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let
him sing songs of praise.” (Jas
And now as we sing our praises to Him even
as we worship God in our daily lives we are joining the voice of the multitude that bow
before His Royal throne in eternal glory. And our prayers soar up to the throne of God as
all heaven basks in the sweet aroma that rises even as we glorify His name. “Let my
prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening
sacrifice.” (Ps 141:2 MKJV) “And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of
the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand.” (Rev 8:4 MKJV) So let us put aside that which weighs us
down and lift up our hands in worship to our great God. Let us bless his holy Name. Let us
turn from our love of things to worship our Creator. May we be released from the shackles
of ambition and self-worship to remember all that God has done for us while acknowledging
Him with all our mind, heart, soul and strength. May we witness the victory that only can
be realized by those who have learned to lay it all at His feet. May we discover the
contentment that can only be found in a thankful heart that has learned to praise Him in
all circumstances. And as we confess our trust in God and God alone, let us join in with
God’s creation to worship Him and magnify His name. Come, now is the time to worship.
Come before God and with one voice worship Him forever and ever. “The heavens declare the glory of
God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour out speech; night
after night they display knowledge. . .Their voice goes out into all the earth, their
words to the ends of the world.” (Ps 19:1-2, 4 NIV)
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