Worship is more than a song, more than a period of time on a Sunday morning, more than the exclusive act of musicians. Worship is a rhythm of revelation and response. And we see this rhythm all throughout Scripture – people going about their normal lives, then God breaks in reveals Himself and everything changes:
Noah – a man who found favor.
Abraham – a pagan called out to be a blessing
Joseph – a not so self-aware little brother who God used for the provision and protection of many – setting the stage for a rescue and redemption for God’s people after 400 years of captivity.
Moses – a runaway called by God back to His people to lead them out of captivity and toward the promised land.
Rahab – a prostitute turned believer, and protector for God’s people.
Hannah – a mother who gladly gives back to God the child her heart desperately desires.
David – a boy called from the sheep field to shepherd and lead God’s people Isaiah – a prophet who sees God, and is joyfully sent to proclaim
John the Baptist – set apart from before birth to make straight the path to Christ
Mary – a teenage girl who’s response was ‘let it be done to me as you have said.’
Joseph – a man whose plan for a quiet life was interrupted to become the adopted earthly Father of Jesus Zacheus – a tax collector and crook, in repentance became generous
A woman at a well – completely seen, completely known, completely accepted, completely loved
The sick, the lame, the demon-posed, the blind, the cast-offs, the least of these, the little children, the poor, the sinners – all finding their wholeness when God meets them.
Saul turned Paul – a murderer of Christians, and the instrument of God to take the Gospel to the gentiles.
Let’s plan and prepare. Let’s give our people words and songs that reveal the heart and character of God. Let’s be expectant that God will move and reveal Himself, and that everything will change.