Right Now

Smokie Norful builds this worship moment around a single, insistent word: now. The verses move through a series of physical invitations — stand up, clap your hands, come on and bless the Lord — turning praise into something the body does rather than something the mind merely agrees to. The chorus anchors the song in the psalmist's resolve to bless the Lord at all times, with praise continually on the lips, and the repetition of "right now" keeps circling back like a downbeat. The most striking turn comes near the end, when the lyric warns against waiting until tomorrow and then offers a reason: this gathering is a moment together that will never come again. That line gives the urgency real weight, framing corporate worship as something perishable and therefore precious. The call-and-response structure, with its short repeated phrases, is clearly built for a congregation to answer back, and the closing refrain stacks worship, honor, and thanks into one breathless push before the final exclamation. It is a song about refusing to postpone praise.