Order of Worship for 06.07.09
Jun 6th, 2009 | By cvpcpastor | Category: Order of WorshipIsaac Watts reflects on the strange and sublime beauty of the gathering of saints:
How sweet and awesome is the place with Christ within the doors, while everlasting love displays the choicest of her stores.
How sweet, that is, and “filling-with-awe” is that place where Christ has gathered together with his redeemed. The sweetness and awe grows as Watts guides our eyes over the gathering which causes us to wonder: “Why is he a part of this gathering? Why is she a part of this gathering? Hey, wait a minute, why am I a part of this gathering?!” And it slowly dawns on us: this is amazing, I SHOULDN’T be a part of this gathering, but here I am - and here she is, and here he is! …
… and we find ourselves being silenced in a sweet awe of the amazing mercy of our Father God poured out upon us in Jesus. May the number of this strange and beautiful gathering increase that your glory may shine.
Come together, then, with rejoicing and let us worship the Lord by whom we have received overflowing mercy for life - that the world may know the reality of our hope as the reality of their hope!
