Let the Amen

Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore him!

All that has life and breath, come now with praises before him.

Let the Amen sound from his people again;

gladly forever adore him.

I cannot say that there has ever been a time in my life during which "all that is in me" has adored my Lord. I imagine no Christians, past or present, could say such a thing. We are, after all, redeemed saints who yet battle our flesh and await our glorification as Christ's Church, when we shall truly know and experience what it means to adore the Almighty with everything we are.

Yet, it remains a line worth singing for God's people. It's a call to strive for that kind of full-bodied praise and worship of the One who orchestrated all things: Creation, our bodies, our souls, our salvation. It is right that we should lean into efforts to praise Him to a degree that is beyond our current grasp on this side of eternity. Indeed, "let the Amen" sound from all of us, acknowledging with everything we are, as best as we can, that He is worthy of adoration and worthy of praise.

For we will gladly adore Him. With everything we are. Forever. Perfectly. And we have every reason in the world to, though with brokenness and inconsistency at times, adore Him with our whole being today.

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth
and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”
Revelation 5:12 ESV