"Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent."
{Exodus 33:10} (NIV)
Just as in the account of the worship of Jacob in Genesis 47, we have no mention of music in this section of Exodus. No mention of an organ or a praise team, or even a cymbal. What we have described, are people who are watching and waiting. While waiting to see what God will do with them, they watch as Moses walks towards this “Tent of Meeting”. They watch as he goes inside, and when the cloud of God comes and stands at the entrance, they worship! This should cause us to reflect on the nature and definition of worship.
For too many people in Parkdale and in churches throughout our city, worship only happens during a specific time during a service. We call it a worship service after all, and worship is what the singers lead us into. We judge the church based on whether or not the singers led us into worship. “What great worship!” we say or conversely, “They need to learn how to lead people into worship.” This text teaches us that worship is at its heart an attitude! An attitude of watching and waiting to see the result of our Mediator (the Lord Jesus), who is interceding on our behalf with our Heavenly Father. This attitude was present in the church on the Day of Pentecost. This attitude was taught by our Lord in the parable of the virgins in Matthew.
Do we stop each day in our lives, reflecting on the truth that our Lord and our Heavenly Father are in heaven, talking and planning what to do with us? Does this truth cause us to worship wherever we are?
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