Loud Worship

One of the primary adjectives which should modify our worship of the Triune God is loud. Our worship should be loud. Consider these verses:

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise (Psa 98:4).

Shout unto God with the voice of triumph (Psa 47:1b).

Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee (Isa 12:6).

Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem (Zep 3:14).

[…] The people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. (Ezr 3:13b)

A distinguishing mark of Christian worship is that it isn’t silent. We serve God with songs of praise and shouts of joy. The bold proclamation of God’s Word is central to our worship. The pronunciation of God’s covenant blessings upon us conclude our services. All of this is noisy by design.

Then as we descend from this holy hill of Lord’s Day worship, returning to our vocations, our worship is to be marked by obedience to the Word. Even in quiet meditation our thoughts are to tune themselves to the Words of Scripture. The world was made by the resonant command of the Voice of God. The covenant on Sinai was a marvel precisely because God’s Voice thundered out His law. The Lord Jesus commanded us to go into all the world as Ambassadors with a message of His good news.

In sum, I compel you, in accordance with the teaching of Scripture and the faithful example of the saints of old: worship the Lord with your outdoor voice. Make a ruckus. Let your “Amens” in affirmation of God’s good promises thunder like the war drums of a marching legion.