LIVING IN THE VIEW OF GLORY (6)

“And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.” (Revelations 5:9-10 NKJV)

One key feature of worship in heaven is its spontaneity. Heavenly beings are God-watchers. They have their attention focused on Him and any action of His resonates in spontaneous praise and worship. Cultivating your spirit until it easily worships God in spontaneous songs is one good way of experiencing the glory of heaven. The word “spontaneous” is defined as “coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained, unplanned.” Spontaneous worship results from supernatural impulse without effort or premeditation. As a matter of fact, spontaneous worship is the worshipper’s response to the stimulus of the Holy Spirit. Many of the songs, and to some extent, the hymns we sing came originally to the composers as a spontaneous praise and worship. 

Spontaneous worship happens when we observe what God is doing or has done and respond in joyful praise to what we observe.  For example, when God divided the sea for the children of Israel who were fleeing from Egypt to cross on dry land, and then collapsed the water to drown the Egyptian army, the children of Israel burst out in spontaneous praise.  “Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying: “I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously!  The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!” (Exodus 15:1 NKJV). They did not know this song before the incident of crossing the sea.  It was a spontaneous response to what God has just done to deliver them from the hand of their enemies. The works of God in our lives are likewise meant to elicit spontaneous songs of praise and worship from us.  This was one key way heavenly beings worshipped God. Most of the psalms of David were spontaneous songs sang unpremeditatedly to celebrate the present wonders of God in His life.

When the four living creatures and twenty-four elders observed the gallantry of the Eternal Lamb of God as He stepped forward to take the scroll from the Hand of the Father and to open its seven seals, having triumphed over the enemies of God, they burst into spontaneous song to worship the Lamb. “Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.” (Revelations 5:8-10 NKJV). This song was birthed at that moment to celebrate the gallantry of our Lord. Hence, the Bible said, “they sang a new song.”

God is doing so much in your life; but are you raising new songs to Him?  Every experience of blessing from God should be celebrated with a new song. New songs express our original and heartfelt appreciation to God for His present blessings in our lives. New songs declare new seasons of God’s favour in our lives and position us to live under the cloud of that favour. What great opportunities we have wasted in not celebrating God’s favours with new songs as the Spirit of God spurs us at any given moment! The beauty of new songs is that they are melodious to God even when they is not to human beings. Provided they are flowing from the Holy Spirit through your spirit to the heart of the Father, they are welcome in the court of heaven. “He has put a new song in my mouth...,” declares the Psalmist. (Psalm 40:3 NKJV). Sing God new songs every day as they come to you in your quiet moments as you soak in the glory of His Presence. Every day dawns with new opportunities to sing new songs to God. Let us make the most of those opportunities and His glory will ever enshroud us in Jesus name.