Luke 2:13-14
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
“Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.
I often find myself wondering what a multitude of angels in worship to God really sounds like. Probably a sound like none we have heard here on this earth. Most likely louder than our ears can handle and our mind will comprehend. I must admit, I get a bit jealous that the angels get the sole job of worshiping God ALL THE TIME. Sounds like a stellar job description to me!
Something has occurred to me, though. God has ten thousands upon ten thousands of angels in constant worship of His glory. But…BUT…who does He most want to worship His glory? Y.O.U. and M.E. hmmmm…Maybe our best worship that we give to Him is more meaningful than the enormous sounds of that grand multitude?
That would make sense, right. I mean, He didn’t send Jesus to this earth as a baby to later die on the cross for the angels. God did that for you and for me. When I look at it that way, I am less intimidated by the thought of worship and I am free to just pour it all out for the sake of giving glory to my KING. It blesses my heart that the God of the Universe wants my worship. Check out what the book, Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge, has to say about this.
“A woman’s worship brings Jesus immense pleasure and deep ministry…Jesus desires you to pour out your love on him in extravagant worship that minister’s to his heart.” (Captivating, page 125)
I can bring immense pleasure to Jesus just by singing my off tune heart out! YOU can minister to His heart by praising Him with your whole life!
Next time you think your harking and harolding doesn’t make a difference, do it anyway knowing that He is pleased with your worship.
I have been busted so many times singing my “off tune heart out” while driving down the road. Living in a small town makes for lots of embarassing encounters at red lights, but, as you said, He loves our harking and harolding, and being alone in the car with just the radio on is one place I can enjoy uninterrupted worship through music….so, even though it may not sound or look pretty…. I do it! and this post makes me want to hop in my car right this minute and sing some more! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing. It seems that everything I am reading this week deals with worship, praise, and thankfulness. I am going to take some time to sit back and evaluate my sense of gratitude this week. Thank you for giving me yet another reminder.