Say Amen More

We should say amen more.

We have started saying it corporately after singing Cantus songs, and, amen. But let me exhort us further up and further in.

We are people of faith. We call ourselves believers. As we think about our annual celebration of Reformation Day later this week, we remember the doctrine of justification by faith alone, and we say, amen.

Amen is not icing on the cake, amen is the yeast in the bread. It’s an active ingredient. Amen isn’t an affirmation on top or after the fact, amen is agreement from the center out.

It means “so let it be.” It sounds almost the same in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, English, and close in Russian and others. Everyone can say it. But will they?

Amen belongs with God’s will. Jesus taught us to pray that God’s will be done on earth as it is heaven (Matthew 6:10). Amen isn’t just for when we’re done praying, amen is an opening and orientation of our wills to get our wills in line with God’s will. Amen moves our wants to match God’s wants.

When God says His kingdom is best, we say, YES. When God says Jesus is Lord, we say, YES. When God says seeking righteousness first is good, we say, YES. We say truly, truly. We say, amen, amen!

Are you filled with the knowledge of His will (Colossians 1:9) that you can will it and walk it? If not, confess until you can say, amen!