Preparing for corporate worship: Father exalts Son

One of the reasons we will make much of God the Son in our corporate worship this Sunday is because the Father has made much of Him. For example, consider these two passages:

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Phil. 2:9-11).

These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all (Eph. 1:19b-23).

As the church of Christ, we will gather Sunday to remind ourselves of Him and His work, to proclaim Him and His work, and to rejoice in Him and His work. May we exalt Jesus together.