The Worship Leader | Christ In The Cosmos, Church & CultureSample

Jesus Leads the Cosmos Pt. 2 

In the Psalms, numerous songwriters observe God’s rhythms in creation and respond to his leadership in worship. In Psalm 119 the writer says; “I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.” In Psalm 63:6 the writer ends the day with the moon. The Psalmist recognizes that creation has a pattern, a form, and a habit. Our circadian rhythms are not set to observe morning devotions and night time prayer simply because we need to have a “quiet time.” As creation’s worship leader, Jesus programmed creation to form and mold us into his image and way of life. 

The Jews recognized that the earth is God’s temple. They partnered with this leadership in all that they did. The creation account of Genesis 1 speaks of God’s rhythm in filling the sky, the land, and the sea. This is not merely a record of scientific realities. These record the work, the liturgy, and the form of our worship leader. The orbs of the heavens, the animals that creep, fly, and crawl, and the plants that flutter, spring, float, and cling are objects of worship in God’s conducted church service. Animals are metaphorical aesthetics, climate zones are sacred spaces, and land, sky, and sea stand to tell of God’s judgments, righteousness, and loving faithfulness. 

Even more amazing is that the same word used of Christ as “minister” in Hebrews 8:2 is used in the Hebrew form in Psalm 103:19-22 to refer to God’s angelic and astronomical hosts. God holds a cosmic “church-service” each and every day, over which presides his angels, his spheres, his oceans, and every fault line running through the earth’s crust. They all sing, move, dance, and sway to the praise of his name. Like a giant conductor, our God fills all in all. He sings over all in all.