Day 3 - Lift Up His Name (Phatfish)
I spoke yesterday (at Church Online) on one of my favourite worship songs, called ‘Lift Up His Name (Holy Holy)’ by the band Phatfish. (Still a rubbish band name). I spoke of how we must not become over familiar and lose our reverence and awe of Jesus.
We looked at Revelation 4:1-8 which paints an amazing picture of Jesus in heaven being worshipped. It’s worth another read!
The song quotes directly from these verses, the chorus is.
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”
We must never lose sight of who we worship, or how holy Jesus is, he is not just holy, He is Holy, Holy, Holy!
I finished my message with a verse from 1 Peter 1:16 - “Be holy because I am holy.” (I encourage you to read all of 1 Peter chapter 1.)
A simple one sentence verse, yet so hard hitting when considering the supreme holiness of God as we have, is such holiness even attainable?
Hebrews 10:10 tells us that as Christians, Jesus has already made us holy, so we are called to live a life worthy of the calling we have received (Ephesians 4:1). Be holy, as he is holy.
Think it over / Meditate on:
Take some time to write down the primary ways you see Jesus/God.
Are they primarily attributes that benefit you? For example, friend, brother, Father, helper, councillor?
Spend today reflecting on God as your Holy King and Lord. You can listen to the song here: https://youtu.be/BBnNHiyEo5Q
How would your life be different if you saw Jesus this way more often as well as friend and father etc?
How does knowing more fully Jesus’ holiness effect our knowledge of him as father and friend?
Written by Ben Parsons (Lead Pastor C3UL Sutton Central)