Last night I had the amazing opportunity to attend a Hillsong United concert with my wife and it was such a wonderful time of worship, fellowship and prayer! Even though the tickets said concert, it was anything but a concert! For four hours we stood with 10,000 plus people and sang praises to our God, worshipped with people we didn’t know, people with different backgrounds, different denominations, different cultures, etc. This was anything but a concert, because the main focus wasn’t on the band but on Jesus Christ! As the night went on I had the thought that why would anyone ever want to go to a “secular” concert because nothing at those concerts are pleasing to God nor do they bring glory, praise and honor to our God.
As the evening went on I found myself looking around the coliseum and watching these thousands of people life their hands and voices in praise to God and it was such a beautiful picture! The songs were focused solely on God and Jesus Christ which made the night that much more powerful and astounding! It was a much needed time of worship that my wife and I needed and enjoyed. Plus, it’s always a fun and wonderful experience when you get to worship with your wife in a setting like that!
In closing I want to leave with a passage from 1 Chronicles, “Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be held in awe above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place. Ascribe to the LORD , O clans of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness…”
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