REVIVAL IN LEICESTER (12) - REVIVAL SONG

It has always been God’s intention to have a worshipping people.
Psalm 117 says ‘Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.’
It’s something God wants. And it’s something that brings blessing to the
worshipper. It’s John Piper who says ‘God is most glorified when we are most
satisfied in Him’. And how better to be satisfied than through worship –
communion with the One who made us.



It's no surprise that with the premium God puts on worship,
worship itself is both a catalyst and a result of revival. The Welsh Revival of
1904 spread through song. The hymn ‘Here is love, vast as the ocean’ was
particularly used by the Holy Spirit to spread revival fires.



In the earlier revivals of John Wesley and George
Whitefield, song was again a key. In the mid-1700s not so many could read, so
one way to remember scripture and key theology was to sing it, and that is exactly
what happened. John Wesley’s brother Charles became the voice of the revival
song, writing many classic hymns during this time such as ‘And can it be that I
should gain?’, ‘Hark the herald angels sing’, ‘Love divine all loves excelling’,
and ‘O for a thousand tongues to sing’.



We are enjoying revival at Chroma Church Leicester right
now, so again, it is no surprise that worship is at its centre. We have a band,
Chroma Music, that are passionate to worship. And it has been recognised. They have
just returned from Rotterdam, leading worship in a conference of 20,000 and
seeing many lives changed.



If you have yet to hear their music, look them up on YouTube.
Enjoy the revival songs.



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