Blog June 2026
Heaven’s Song
I often think when I’ve picked the songs for Sunday morning, I wonder if anyone else is going to be singing the same songs that day. Maybe even at exactly the same time. Different buildings, different styles, different languages, different time zones but all lifting praise to the same God. There’s something really powerful about gathering together to worship in church. But I think that expands even further when you consider a whole city, a whole nation even a whole planet worshipping as one.
That thought led me to something even bigger. What if worship is not something we start on a Sunday morning at all? What if, every time we gather to worship, we’re actually joining in with a song that is already being sung and will continue to be sung for all eternity?
The Bible gives us several glimpses into heaven and what is happening around the throne of God. In Isaiah’s vision, he sees the Lord seated on His throne while heavenly beings call to one another:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory” (Isaiah 6:3).
Hundreds of years later, John is given a similar vision in Revelation. There he sees living creatures surrounding God’s throne who “day and night never stop saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come'” (Revelation 4:8).
One of the things these passages bring me back to, is that worship in heaven is completely, 100%, absolutely centred on God. The focus is not on the worshippers, their preferences, their circumstances, or even what they might receive. All eyes (and there are a lot of them in John’s vision!) are fixed on the One who sits on the throne. All crowns are cast before him saying “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created” (Revelation 4:11)
John goes on to describe his vision further in Revelation chapter 5 where he sees countless angels worshipping in loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and glory and blessing!” (Revelation 5:12) Heaven is not silent, reserved or divided. It is full of joyful and continuous praise.
Sometimes when we gather on a Sunday morning, it can be easy to think of worship as simply the songs we sing. Yet Scripture paints a much bigger picture. Worship is the response of God’s people to who He is and what He has done. The songs we sing, the raising of hands and even falling to our knees are all outward expressions of something that first happens within us when we focus on a God who flung stars into space and yet loves us enough to show us immeasurable grace that we simply do not deserve. In a very real sense, when we worship together, we are joining our minds, bodies & voices with the worship that is already taking place in heaven.
The writer of Hebrews says that we have come to “Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem” and to “thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly” (Hebrews 12:22). What an incredible thought; not the mountain of fear, but the mountain of joy. God’s own city. Through Jesus, we are not worshipping from a distance. We are invited into the very presence of God and into the worship that continually resounds throughout heaven itself.
So what might it look like for us to join in with heaven’s worship here on earth?
Firstly, it means keeping Jesus at the centre. The songs we sing, the prayers we pray, the way we serve and the way we live should all point towards Him. But these are all outward responses to the real worship that happens inside of us. It’s this inner worship, the worship of the heart, that I think rises as the sweetest smelling offering to Jesus.
Secondly, it means worshipping with both awe and joy. The God we worship is holy beyond our imagining and yet, through Christ, He invites us to draw near as beloved children.
And finally, it means remembering that worship does not end when the music stops. If worship in heaven is a continual response to God’s goodness and glory, then our worship should overflow into every area of life. In our homes, our workplaces, our conversations and our service, we have opportunities to reflect something of heaven’s song.
Every Sunday, as we gather at St Mark’s, my prayer is that we would catch a glimpse of that bigger reality. That as we lift our voices, we would remember that we are joining in with an eternal song that began long before us and will continue forever. A song declaring that Jesus Christ is Lord and saviour, to the glory of God the Father who is the only one worthy of praise.
May we be a people who learn to sing that song not just on Sundays, but each and every day of our lives here on earth until the day we join fully in the song that heaven has been singing all along.
Andy