On this Bonfire Night (only the English could celebrate a failed attempt to blow up Parliament, surely?!) , fireworks are going off all over the country: in organised displays, in back gardens, in community gatherings. Such displays provide a dazzling display of colour and a deafening noise…
Rend Collective’s song ‘Praise Like Fireworks’ captures something of the exuberance and vitality of what praise should be like:
‘We’re letting praise like fireworks
Loose from our thankful hearts.’
I regularly sing this song whilst walking to Goldthorpe and it’s a challenge to do both because of its pace! Our praise should be full of joy and enthusiasm, for our God has done so much for us. He’s taken our ‘concrete hearts’ and given us new hearts; He’s our strength and the light in our darkness. We’re no longer alone; we have hope! Let’s praise Him as exuberantly as we can, for He is worthy of our praise.