This morning, I started out at the piano, playing some old choruses and a couple of hymns. Then my new husband (what a blessing he is! such a lovely man!) and I read our devotions together and one of them took us to Revelation chapters 4 and 5. Here we have a scene of unimaginable worship, something beyond what we could possibly fathom.
We ended up in heartfelt praise for our salvation, for the Lamb who overcame for us, who is so completely worthy of all our praise.
I would simply like to quote some of those choruses that came to mind this morning, and then visit the scenes in heaven, and invite you to turn your hearts in glad worship to the One who deserves it all.
The first one that came this morning is called "The Steadfast Love of the Lord".
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.
His mercies never come to an end.
They are new every morning, new every morning.
Great is Thy faithfulness, O Lord! Great is Thy faithfulness!
This led to the hymns "Great is Thy Faithfulness" and "Holy! Holy! Holy!"
followed by
He is Lord, He is Lord.
He is risen from the dead and He is Lord.
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord.
When we were praying together, this chorus floated up in my mind:
He paid a debt He did not owe.
I owed a debt I could not pay.
I needed someone to wash my sins away.
And now I sing a brand new song, “Amazing Grace!”
Christ Jesus paid the debt that I could never pay.
Listen to some of the praise songs of heaven: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come!" "Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.'" "Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God and they will reign upon the earth.'"
Then the praises swell and come from "the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands. In a loud voice they were saying, 'Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!'" Then John says he "heard every creature in heaven and on the earth and under the earth, and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, 'To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!'"
We, the redeemed, will also be among that crowd of all the angels and living creatures who will be swept up in wonder and awe and praise. Why not start practising now? The Lamb and the Almighty are just as worthy of praise here and now as They will be when we get to heaven. We may have little whispers of gratitude, hymns, little choruses, or grand rolling melodies. Our God is worthy of all of them.
