Praise and thank God for the opportunity to rest and unwind, and listen to the Lord. I so enjoyed this time of rest that I thought of extending it for another week! However, there’s something the Lord has laid on my heart to share, so I’m back! Thank you to all who prayed for me, especially, those who sent me messages of encouragement; your prayers worked! Praise God!
THE SOUND OF PRAISE
During this short period of rest, the Holy Spirit spoke and emphasised on the need for us to come up in praising and worshipping God. On one particular night, I was woken up three times to hear Him say the same thing, “It is time to praise God!”
There are sounds coming from heaven, which must be our cue for worship. The bible talks about the twenty-four elders, the four living creatures, the myriads of angels before the throne, singing and worshipping the One who sits on the throne, crying…
“Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come! …You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.” (Rev 4:8,11)
The ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands of angels around the throne and the living creatures and elders are heard declaring with one loud voice…
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” (Rev 5:11-12)
We have every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, joining the chorus and saying…
“Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!” (Rev 5:13)
THE SONG OF THE REDEEMED
However, the Bible tells us that there is also a song that only the redeemed can sing! Our voices must be heard clearly and distinctly, perhaps, above the sound of the elders, living creatures, angels and the creation; building all worship to a crescendo! This is the song of the redeemed….
“You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.” (Rev 5:9-10)
This is the sound that must be released, and is even now rising, upon the earth. New songs of glory, new songs of redemption, new songs of deliverance, new songs of hope, new songs of victory; new songs of the King, as the Holy Spirit gives us fresh revelation of Jesus Christ; new songs of His Kingdom and new songs of the Church herself!
We must press in to hear the sound; we must ask the Holy Spirit to unclog our ears to hear the sound of worship and release the spirit of praise within us. We must rise up and join the chorus from heaven! We must open our mouths and sing to the glory of the Lamb of God, the Lion of Judah, the King of kings, Lord of lords, and the Great I Am!
This is the season of radical praise! Earthquake producing praise! Chain-breaking praise! Prison-opening praise! Breakthrough praise! Yes, a sound of praise must rise from us, the redeemed on the earth, to bring the presence and glory of God upon the earth!
For Further Reading: Revelation 14:3; Psalm 22:3; Psalm 67; Psalm 107:1-2
Fulfilling Our Theme For 2024: “Building The Highway And Lifting The Banner”
“And in that day, there shall be a Root of Jesse, who shall stand as a banner to the people; for the Gentiles shall seek Him…. (therefore) Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway! Take out the stones, lift up a banner for the peoples!” [Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 62:10]
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