Thursday, March 11, 2010

Unity and Intensity in Worship

Revelation 19:6
And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!

Close your eyes and imagine that sound... it gives me goosebumps!
Notice that each of the words "voice" and "sound" are singular in this verse. This communicates unity in worship. In heaven we sing with once voice, without contrast, conflict or confusion. There is one sound, one motive, one focus and one result. And yet the volume and intensity is so strong that it sounds like Niagara Falls; the constant booming of many rushing waters. Each drop is indistinguishable as the flow cascades into the thunderous basin below. It's not the sound of thunder, singular, but thunderings as on a warm summer day when a storm front creeps in and the thunder seems to roll across the sky in a continuous rumble.
This is the sound of the redeemed, the gathering together of God's people. Our worship in this life should emulate and imitate the unity and intensity we see here in heaven. We cannot settle for soft, weak, disjointed worship in our gatherings. The Lord God Omnipotent is worthy of so much more.

Lord, may my worship never lack unity and intensity. Mold my heart according to Your Spirit and let my Alleluia be honoring to You. Amen.

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