Best Plan for Ministry

[S] Revelation 15:3-4 --
 ³And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
          "Great and marvelous are Your works,
         O Lord God, the Almighty;
         Righteous and true are Your ways,
         King of the nations!
    ⁴"Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
         For You alone are holy;
         For ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU,
         FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED."

[O] Another singing song captured my attention because this is the song of praising God's awesomeness.  And following this, the "temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened."  How I desire for the door of heaven to open up and reveal His wondrous vision and power and yet I lack praising God for who He is.  As I face another new year and planning for how I may live for God in 2011, I am reminded from this passage to praise God foremost; in fact, that may be all I should be doing and let God take care of the rest.  The vision of "all nations" coming together to worship God continues from day before yesterday's devotion.  That picture is really wonderful one to envision where people from all nations gather just to worship God for who He is and what He has done.

[A] Sing a song of Moses in my daily living by praising Him for what He has done for me and for the whole world.  Praise Him for doing the impossible because He loved me.  Praise Him for giving me the opportunity to abide in Him and glorify His name.  Thank Him for bringing all nations to worship Him and to use me as an instrument to do that.

[P] Dear Father, please accept my praise to You for all that You have done.  May the praises of lifting up You name high not cease from my mouth.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.

New Song of All Nations

[S] Revelation 5:9 --
 ⁹And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

[O] The new song is sung by a new community of people from every tribe, tongue, and nation.  Not only would this be a combination of different spoken languages, but it will also be the unity of all nations.  This new song isn't simply a different generation's tunes but it's really about the new level of praising God for what He's done for all people from all nations without any discrimination.  Just like how Jesus told His disciples in John 4:32,34, how He has food to eat that they know nothing about which is to to do the will of God, this new song may be a totally new paradigm of singing His song for what He has done for us.  This new song is a vision for our church where literally people from many nations are gathering and with our different tongues we will sing this new song of His wonderful salvation for us all.

[A] As I look forward to the year 2011 for our small group ministry, I will seek this vision of singing a new song to our Heavenly Father because He is totally worthy for slaying His own Son to purchase us from all nations.  It's going to be about unity in one spirit to sing this song in one voice.

[P] Dear Father, Your story of salvation is a superbly wonderful one.  May I along with many others at my community sing a new song for You throughout year 2011?  In Jesus' name.  Amen.