Continual Praise
From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the LORD is to be praised. Psa. 113:3 NIV
         I thought of this verse that reveals the Lord’s praise across the nations last Sunday during our worship service. My pastor referred to how worship was taking place that was moving across time zones as people gathered for worship around the world.
It made me think of the “wave” that can be viewed at football games as the crowd begins to lift their arms, section by section, and the cheers circle the stadium. What a tremendous view from the heights of heaven as God’s people worship the Lord across the international timeline and across time zones in a continual wave of praise and worship.
This perspective is a foretaste of what is described in Revelation 7.
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Revelation 7:9-12 (ESV)
Remember, when you worship and lift your voice in praise to the Lord, you are not alone. Your church gathering is not alone. See heaven’s view of God’s people across a city, across a state, a nation, and the world, lifting their voices and hands to the Lord. So, join in and be a part of a great multitude of worshippers.