John 8:32 (MSG)- “Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the
truth will free you."
We live in a noisy world. “Religion” and “spirituality” has aggravated it further. The power and perfection of technology is being used to entertain and enthrall the audiences. Language and music is taken to its limits to communicate and commemorate. Many attractive churches and meetings worship in a manner that is like a warship exploding missiles and machine guns. Performing artists feel great joy for such accomplishments. These sound performers and thrillers somehow give an impression that the pitch of their sound sets the people free. Dear friends, it is not the sound, but the sincerity in which one lives the truth that will set them free.
Jesus made the truth clear to the confused Samaritan woman that there did not have to be dilemma regarding the “where and when” of worship. Christ is more concerned with the essence of our worship.
John 4:23 (MSG)-“But the time is coming–it has, in fact, come–when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. "It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. “
On the last day of the noisy celebrations of the Feast of the Tabernacle, Jesus had to speak in a loud voice.
John 7:37 (MSG)- “On the final and climactic day of the Feast, Jesus took his stand. He cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.”
Christ had to shout above the voices and noises of the final day celebrations. He sounded the sound truth that was buried and covered over with “dilly dally religion.”
God could have shouted the truth just like in Mount Sinai. The noise was so horrifying that the Israelites requested to God that He should speak to Moses alone. They wanted to hear the words of God indirectly from Moses. Now when we look at Mount Zion, we can hear the sweet voice of the “man of the sorrows;” so soothing and satisfying to set us free.
The truth hurts before it heals. But, invariably it liberates us to sing the song of Moses (a “deliverance song” in Deut. 32) and the “victory song” of the Lamb.
Rev. 7:10 (GNB)- “They called out in a loud voice: "Salvation comes from our God, who sits on the throne, and from the Lamb!"
Let our heart’s sing a melodious song as the angels in Heaven sing their song of rejoicing and the singing birds and rushing rivulets dance to the rhythm of the whispering wind on earth. The “man of sorrows” now sings with us!
