I read this week what Lifeway worship department had used as their vision this last year. I thought it was great and speaks to our worship. The vision phrase was: "God's hand on us, God's Word in us, God's glory our only pursuit."
We know both by scripture and experience that God's hand is always on us. As we live our lives and sometimes look back, we see the steady, faithful hand of God directly and indirectly involved in our lives, continually. God is faithful - as in Exodus and Deuteronomy when it says . . . "the Lord has brought you out by the power of His mighty hand, " and of course in Ezra . . . "I felt encouraged because the gracious hand of the Lord my God was on me." Knowing God's hand is always on us is one of our motivations to worship Him.
We also know that the result of . . . "letting the Word of Christ dwell richly, (be at home) in our hearts" is singing, praise, and worship. This is God's Word in us. I Thessalonians 2 says ". . . when you received the word of God which you heard of us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God which effectually works also in you . . ." The truth of God's Word works in us to bring truth to our worship of God.
"O God, we give glory to You all day long and constantly praise Your name." (Psalm 44:8) It is our vocation as a believer to constantly praise and give glory every day, all day. "For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it)." (Rom. 11:36, Amp.) God's glory our only pursuit. O Father, may it be so! mjm
