O worship the King all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing His power and His love:
Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
I testify of a name of God that I love and revere so much that I tremble when it is mentioned. This name occurs only three times in the bible, in Daniel Chapter 7 (verses 9, 13 and 22), where God is revealed as the ANCIENT OF DAYS!
Today, I am reminded of an incident that occurred during our Mama’s funeral in January, this year. My Dad, siblings and I refused to have the customary libation (drink offerings) poured to the tribal/family gods and ancestors, to acknowledge and evoke their ‘blessings’ on the funeral and our late mother’s ‘journey into eternity.’
Instead of the libation, we opted to say a prayer to our God and I was called upon to pray. However, before saying my prayer, I felt led to explain to the people gathered, why we cannot bow and pay homage to their gods. I shared a story about a mission we did to Wales UK several years ago. When we arrived, our host told us that more and more people were turning back to the old Celtic religion, saying that their gods were there before Christianity came to Wales.
That night I took the matter before the Lord in prayer, and He responded by asking me to go and tell the people, that He is the Ancient Of Days, and was there before the beginning; before the gods were ever created; therefore, Wales belongs to Him and He alone deserves to be worshipped!
Upon sharing this story, I asked the people gathered at the funeral, “Why would we serve these lesser, insignificant so-called gods, when we can serve their Creator? We have chosen to worship and serve the Ancient of Days, the Creator of heaven earth! His name is Jesus Christ!
The whole place was silent, nobody could open their mouths and say a word. There was a shift in the atmosphere, as we invited the Ancient of Days to take over the entire funeral. Everything went very well and we had a funeral that honoured our Mum and brought glory to God. There was no resistance, opposition or quarrel; peace reigned! Also the Lord protected all of us and we experienced no harm. Indeed, the Ancient of Days proved to us and everyone that He is our God!
Ron Kenoly’s “ANCIENT OF DAYS” comes to mind. Click on the link to join me in singing, praising and rejoicing in our God and King, the Ancient Of Days… https://youtu.be/V4dR_zuB3qk?si=sOW5DtpmL9UTEx0v
Blessing and honor, glory and power
Be unto the Ancient of Days
From every nation, all of creation
Bow before the Ancient of Days
Every tongue in heaven and earth
Shall declare Your glory
Every knee shall bow at
Your throne in worship
You will be exalted, oh God
And Your kingdom shall not pass away
Oh, Ancient of Days!
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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