A Psalm Of Richard.

From time to time, Glossa Water steps away from its sermon summaries in order to share other aspects of the worship service. Today will be one of those times.

In Sunday morning’s 7:45 service, as Pastor Richie stood to bring the sermon, he shared a few pre-sermon words with us. At that point, I was focused on my own worship experience and did not really focus on what our pastor said and how he said it. But when I got home and had time to reflect on the service (and time to listen to a recording of the sermon), I began to understand Pastor Richie’s words as a psalm of praise. There was a tone, a cadence, and an exuberance that echoed the psalms of ancient times.

So, for today’s reflection, I want to share with you our pastor’s spontaneous psalm. I pray that it will be a blessing to us, particularly those of us whose lives are in crisis. Who knows? God might even give each of us a psalm of our own, a few words from the heart in worship of our King.

“Anybody wanna shout hallelujah with me?

Anybody wanna shout hallelujah with me?

“Hallelujah, Lord. All honor and praise.

Something happens in the atmosphere when the people of God begin to worship Him and to say ‘Hallelujah’,

and to ascribe to Him the praise that He’s due.

Hallelujah, Lord.

“In the midst of everything that’s going on,

Hallelujah.

Like Paul and Silas in prison at midnight,

Hallelujah, Lord.

When everything around you tells you that you shouldn’t be praising,

Hallelujah, Lord.

“Anybody know what I’m talking about?

“When everything around you tells you that you shouldn’t be praising,

and then you just start to praise,

and something shifts in the atmosphere:

And it feels like an earthquake, shaking in this place.

“Bless Your name today, Lord.

Hallelujah, Jesus. Hallelujah, Jesus.

We say Hallelujah to the impossible God.

We worship the magnificent, holy, limitless God.

Hallelujah, Jesus.

Oh God, you are able, you are able, you are able, you are able.

Hallelujah, Jesus.”

(Reverend Richard Griffiths)