the praise of all peoples

February 15, 2003

i went to the raptors game yesterday with justin, jer and wayne. justin had some extra tickets and was kind enough to ask wayne, jer and i along with him! who am i to pass up a free ticket? :)

i was observing the crowd during the game last night. we were told that there were about 19,300 fans in the stadium. and i was watching how this energy would build up in the fans (and me) when the raptors were playing well and had good plays, and how that energy would dissipate when they weren't playing too well. it was like the raptors were earning our applause when they did well. at some points of the game, the crowd was going completelyt nuts, especially at the end of the 4th quarter when we evened up the score, going into overtime. the whole stadium with this huge crowd reminded me of urbana 2000.

so i started thinking about the praise that would happen in heaven when we get there. you think the energy of 19,300 people is loud and incredible? well it is; the sound of people applauding, cheering, shouting, and even screaming is pretty amazing. it's like this emotion starts buliding and building until it erupts in some kind of physical action that expresses what we feel. when someone starts screaming their lungs out, that's when they're just completing erupting with emotion!

how amazing would the combined energy of all the Christians, past, present and future be? :) instead of cheering on a team to play better defense/offense, we'd be cheering on God. for all that He is, for all that He has done. and it wouldn't be like our energy would lessen until God did something to earn it. He DESERVES it. it would be this continual energy that would erupt from every fibre of our being and give praise, honor and glory to God. that's such an incredible picture! :)

a glimpse of heaven from revelation: "day and night they never stop saying: 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is tocome.'" (revelation 4:8)

Posted by Leo Chan at February 15, 2003 7:09 PM