
When we sing ‘Jesus be lifted higher’, we are not saying that he hitherto was at a low place. Far be it from us to suggest that the King of kings may have fallen from his high and lofty place and therefore by our praise and worship, we attempt to enthrone him again.
But when we proclaim ‘Jesus be lifted higher’, we are only affirming that he is Lord over our lives. We are practically confessing with our lips that He is higher than everything and everyone, great and small. We are declaring that He is taller than the mountains before us and bigger than the giants that frighten us. We are reminding ourselves that He is the first ‘high’ in our lives; our greatest love and our deepest devotion.
‘Jesus be lifted higher’ is a proclamation more for our benefit than God’s for we cannot literally lift Him higher than He already is. He is God, Jehovah the Most High.
However, as we adore Him, we see in our minds’ eyes our God bigger than the biggest and stronger than the strongest. The Lord who sits above the circles of the earth and controls the affairs of men; whose throne is heaven and footstool is earth. The One whose wisdom transcends all ages , the ‘Kabio osi’ whose decrees can never be questioned.
As we extol Him, we envisage Christ turning our water into wine, becoming a pillar of fire in our night times and a pillar of cloud in our noonday. We see Him causing streams to burst forth in desert places and our stems to bud and blossom. We see Him dealing with our pharaohs and goliaths, and we feel His presence closer as we encounter our red seas and fiery furnaces.
While lost in worship, exalting him above all our concerns and aspirations, we rest assured He will in turn exalt himself in the midst of our chaos and bring us peace, for faith is released through consistent worship and we can trust God again to handle all our hopes and fears.
Selah
- Sista Mercie
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