"Took the World to Church"

A CNN commentator recently made that observation while covering the homegoing of Whitney Houston.

Whatever your opinion of the coverage or the situation itself, you are certainly entitled to have it. I just want to make this observation: Jesus Christ continues to amaze me! Only He could take a tragic loss of life and turn it into a church service that lifted up His Name as the world watched.

The statement about the world going to church has a lot of truth to it. Millions of people, who might ordinarily never have watched a church service, tuned in to see the coverage given to a star. She was respectfully honored. More importantly, God was honored. The One Who made her and hung the stars took center stage. The whole truth is that one day, every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Thank you, Lord, for loving the world so much and for using whatever and whomever You want to make Your Name known.

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11 (NKJV)

Dina Seaton
Marketing Assistant, Staff Writer