TAKING OUR POSITIONS

Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 6-10

"The priests took their assigned positions, and so did the Levites who were singing, 'His faithful love endures forever!' They accompanied the Levites who were singing with music from the instruments King David had made for praising the Lord. On the other side of the Levites, the priests blew the trumpets, while all Israel stood." 2 Chronicles 7:6 NLT

Can you imagine being in the crowd the day Solomon dedicated the temple he had built to the Lord?

The singing. The crowds. The bleating of sacrificial lambs. The celebratory shouts. The quiet as they leaned in to hear what the king had to say.

Can you imagine the pomp and circumstance? 

The protocol. The worship done in proper order. The priests in their garments.

Can you imagine the emotion? The awe? The relief of a job completed? The expectation of the Lord coming to rest in the temple?

I am sitting in thought this morning as I ponder this verse.

I, being from southern Illinois, American raised, English speaking, a world away from this type of worship and having limited knowledge of the happenings--would not have lacked anything that day!

I would have worshiped in spirit and in truth with my fellow believers.

I would have known, no translator required, to Whom they were singing.

I would have dropped to my knees in awe and raised my hands in joy with brothers and sisters of the One True God.

I would have shouted, in my native tongue, His faithful love endures forever!