Magnitude of Greatness

I was talking to two young men last night, who both are gifted worship leaders in their own right. We had an impromptu worship night after dinner with them singing a cappella the husband playing drums on the cabinet. It was a powerful evening, one I will never forget.

One of the conversations we had was if the worship on the television right now is what God is doing now, what do you see coming next in the area of worship? They both looked at me and said, that is deep.

These two young men are going to be bringing the next wave of worship, the anointing on their lives is obvious, and the invitation to dream about what could be next challenged them to expand their thoughts, their ideas and their idea of a God is that is so much bigger than what we see on tv today.

Psalm 89 says, “For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.”

Feared means to stand in awe of overwhelming greatness. It’s about magnitude not threat. His holiness and power are so far beyond human scale that the only response we can give is reverent trembling not causal familiarity.

We live in what we see. If we live small we see a small God. But if you go outside and stand under the sky, you will see a God who is bigger, more beautiful and more powerful than you can see in your small space.

I think we have become comfortable with a God who we have minimized to fit our services, but He has invited us to ponder, to meditate on His majestic magnitude of power and glory.

We were made to be big, we have been trained to be small. But God is inviting us outside to realize who we are and who He is. Magnitude is going to evoke a response in worship we have not seen yet. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

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  1. Hmm… interesting and thought provoking. I’m a singer on a worship team, have been for most of the last 25+ years. My church is small, our team is 2 singers and a piano, and sometimes we only have a backing track! Many years ago I had a dream of going into a much bigger church, but instead of a whole band, there was just one guy on an acoustic guitar leading worship from the floor, not the stage. I was surprised, but the Lord said, “Less is more.” Simple worship is better for everyone, less things to go wrong from a human perspective, but when we’re just making music to the Lord and not thinking about the technicalities, it is then also more of him and less of us.

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