At our church in SC I lead a men’s house church. It was full of young men who had recently decided to follow Jesus. Every week we sat around a table and discussed life and what Jesus was doing. In that group was a young man named Dustin. He was from sticks and even to my trained southern ear, he spoke “uniquely”. He was rough around the edges, no frills, his military experience taught him to call it as it is and to not back down. As a group, our house church attended a Hillsong concert. At that concert, Dustin let it all out. Hands raised, volume at 110%, he wrapped his arm around me as far as he could and we began to sing in unison, if you can call it that. Our hips even synced for a few moments as we worshiped our King!

After leaving the concert he wouldn’t stop talking about Jesus. The whole way home, everyone in the car, every car that passed us, everyone at the gas station got an earful. I loved seeing Him love Jesus.

This weekend we lean into one of the most important passages regarding the worship of God and Jesus. If you have the chance, read Revelation chapters 4-5 a few times before Sunday. Take note of the descriptions, don’t just read the words but stop and ruminate on what John is seeing.

Pastor Matt McCarter