This room was full of smoke and a light show and your chest felt the rumbling. That's similar to how Isaiah described the temple worship in Chapter Six of his book. But the place last night was not a temple. It was the Drury University basketball arena in Springfield, MO.
And it was a Chris Tomlin concert.
The stars onstage (Chris Tomlin and Keri Jobe) were just the choir directors as the audience sang at the top of their lungs for the entire two hours. (See singers on right.)
The songs were a blend of new ones from Chris' "Burning Lights" CD, plus the oldie-but-goodies "How Great is Our God", "Indescribable", and "I Will Rise".
And at the end, the two young 'uns (who are 31 and 40) joined voices in the hymn "Crown Him With Many Crowns", followed by Keri Jobe singing "Revelation Song" LINK. Who could ask for anything more?
Whatever hurt or brokenness or discouragement that walked into that arena...lost its sting as the people applauded and magnified the Most High God.
The Lord says He inhabits the praise of His people, so surely He was on that holy ground in a Missouri basketball arena.
Last month, Chris Tomlin and Keri Jobe both attended the Grammys. He said that many of the winners or presenters came to the mic and spoke of "music's greatest night". CT said that with all due respect, they haven't seen anything yet. There's a time coming when the Grammys will pale at the sound of the heavenly host surrounding the throne of God.
Revelation 19 paints a picture of that worship scene. It says there is the voice of a vast throng like the roar of many waters and the loud crashes of thunder. And they are all shouting "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful reigns!"
Meanwhile, a Chris Tomlin concert will do.
P.S. Here's a LINK to one of his new songs called "White Flag". It was recorded in January at the Passion Conference in Atlanta which drew 60,000 college students.
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