2 Chronicles 5:13-14 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: “He is good; his love endures forever.” Then the temple of the LORD was filled with the cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple of God.
“Praise, Worship and Thanksgiving are the highest expressions of prayer”.
Praise and worship in unison draws the weightiness of God’s presence. The glory of the Lord is the grandeur and the magnificence of His might and power. Times of deep worship when His presence makes us unaware of our surroundings or ourselves. We will be engulfed into the cloud of His presence. It is a transition from ‘people consciousness’ into the spiritual coma of ‘God consciousness’. We become numb to the opinions, judgement or comments of humans as we step into the spiritual realm of singing with the mighty angels of God.
King Solomon at the dedication of the temple prayed a heartfelt prayer of gratitude as he dedicated the temple to the Lord. He summoned all the people in Jerusalem for the dedication service and as the music was played and the choir led the worship, they sang praises to the Lord in unison. The Lord God is attracted to those who seek Him with all their heart in loyalty and love. The Lord invaded the temple and covered it with His awesome presence that the priests were slain in the spirit. The cloud of glory captivated them into a glorious experience of spiritual coma.
True Worship:
- Zoom-out: The heavens that cover the billions of galaxies cannot contain the glory of the Lord. Authentic worship helps us to zoom-out of the earthly realm into the glory-realm of His awesome presence.
- Zoom-in: On the contrary, for the splendid power of God to come into our homes and hearts, He would have to zoom-in.
- Zapped: Those who have their eyes fixated on the Lord our God in sincere worship will be zapped into the “glory-cloud”.
True worshippers zoom-out from ‘people consciousnesses’ and zoom-into ‘God consciousness’ to be zapped into the glory-cloud.
Prayer: Dearest Lord, cover me in your presence with the glory cloud. Amen.
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