Then There Was One!
It was a Sunday morning in late
January 2006. The church had just gone through a transition of
sorts and I was preparing to step up to the keyboard to lead the
congregation in worship. This particular occasion would mark my
first time standing alone as the leader trying to fill the gaping
void of those who had walked away. It was an odd experience to say
the least. As I readied myself, our Pastor’s wife came to the
front to open the service. She began to share a Word and a
revelation from the Lord. She began by describing a picture of me
standing alone at the keyboard to lead. As this vision unfolded,
the picture quickly transitioned to the point that I was no longer
visible in the image. It was at this point that the Lord spoke to
her these words:
And then there
was ONE…………..
What a revelation! A flood of
emotion overwhelmed me as I understood in a far deeper way the
true heart of worship. Being a disciple of Jesus is
truely all about the ONE, the ONE who
stands alone, above every power of heaven and earth. He stands as
the ONE who alone can save, heal and deliver,
the great redeemer. We must come to the place where there is only
ONE. Our attitudes our ideas, our pride, our ambitions, our
desires, our callings and our giftings
all must disappear so that there is
only ONE.
And then there
was ONE…………..
We have perfected elaborate and
complex multimedia presentations but have not perfected praise. We
have produced beautiful, moving and compelling musical and
dramatic events and conferences yet the church has failed to
produce the sound that causes heaven to come to its feet and
listen. We have sung songs that have inspired our flesh to do
better and to try harder but have not learned to yield more to
Holy Spirit and allow divine transformation. Technology has
replaced true worship and the anointing has been shoved aside in
favor of the arm of flesh. When will there only be ONE?
Two is one too many and a house
divided against itself can not stand. If there is still more than
ONE in our lives our hearts are divided and we will not stand. In
the words of Matt Redman’s’ song ‘Heart of Worship’,
I’m coming back
to the heart of worship
And it’s all
about You, Jesus.
My prayer for you is that you would
find the place where He is the ONE. Yield your life to the giver
of life. Yield your heart, mind, soul and strength.
The ONE who made
the heavens
The ONE who is
pure, holy, and righteous,
The ONE who is
powerful,
The ONE who
reigns and rules in the affairs of earth
The One who
deserves the highest, the holiest, the very best
The ONE who
fills, who heals, who delivers and who saves.
The ONE who
comforts and who draws
The one who woos
and forgives,
The Lover of my
soul, the Mighty God.
Let Him be the
ONE!
And then there
was ONE……………….
