Worship is all about seeing God. The life of a worshiper is far more about a quality of vision than the gifts or talents that you possess. Before you can worship God you must first see God. Great worshipers, the history makers, were the ones who saw the Lord. They had a vision of God.
“The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision” (Genesis 15:1). One glimpse of God’s glory, even from behind, empowered Moses to move forward. “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1).
From the Prophets of old to the Apostles of the new, what separates their lives and work from the rest, that which distinguishes their worship, is the quality of vision. They saw God and could never return to the ordinary again.
When I read the saints I hear their vision: Bernard of Clairvaux said, “Jesus, the very thought of Thee with sweetness fills the breast; but sweeter far Thy face to see, and Thy presence rest.” On Decemeber 6, 1273, Thomas Aquinas had a vision of God during mass, on which he commented, “Such things have bee revealed to me that all that I have written seems to me as so much straw. Now I await the end of my life,” he never wrote again.
Again I say, worship is all about seeing God. Think of the lyrics this old hymn, “Be thou my vision,” or this chorus, “Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see Jesus.”
Worship is born from an imagination, rooted in remembrance, cultivated through attention and nurtured by discipline.
The Father is seeking worshipers. Hence, He must be giving vision! Vision of Himself.
Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see Jesus!!!
