The Final Hymn

Scripture: When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Mark 14:26

Observation: After the "last supper" - the act of communion - and all the lessons and final instructions and prophesy Jesus gives to the disciples, the very last thing they do together is ... worship.

Application: Worships is so central to our lives as the body of Christ. It is the moment that we are truly unified. When Jesus taught his followers, we see over and over again that he actually divides them up - sometimes he speaks to large crowds, sometimes to smaller numbers, sometimes to just "the twelve", and sometimes to just Peter, James and John (and rarely even to just some subset of those three).

But everyone can sing together, and we know everyone will sing together in heaven. Worship is both a personal act between you and God, and a community act we share in joy.

There are no details here in Mark. We don't know what they sang. We don't know what instruments they had (if any). Did someone 'lead'? Was it a psalm? It doesn't matter - their final, unified act with Jesus was to sing together.

Prayer: Lord, I love singing to you. I love doing it alone, and I love doing it in church. May I be even more open to doing it whenever, wherever believers are gathered. Let worship unify your church.