Exhortation, May 1

Suppose I told you that Trinity Reformed Church had been asked to perform a choir concert this morning? Would you be prepared? Or would it be like one of those dreams where you find yourself taking a test without studying, or realizing suddenly that you?ve arrived at church in your pajamas? Would you be ready, or would you break into a cold sweat?

This is not a hypothetical announcement. You are performing a choir concert this morning, and you are the choir. According to the 1 Peter, the whole church is called as a ?holy nation and a royal priesthood?Eso that we can ?offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ?E(1 Peter 2). We are the choir, and God is our audience.

How prepared are you for this concert? Did you practice the music last evening or this morning? Or did you just rush breathlessly into church without giving at the last moment, without knowing what you were going to sing until you glanced at the bulletin? Is that the way you would prepare for singing in a concert?

From the scenes that the Bible gives us of heaven, we can infer that we?re going to be singing praise to God throughout eternity. Our Lord?s Day worship is preparation for participation in the eternal choir, and our worship is a foretaste of that eternal concert. We are part of an everlasting choir. Given this, our singing at church deserves more than a passing thought.