Let us praise GOD:
“Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness” (I Chronicles 16:29)
A la sha bat, shabat. Sa ba tal a ka bala ka ta ba la… (tongues)
Oh God, you are my LORD. Glorify Your name, forever.
Worship unto our King, the ultimate King of Glory.
You know, worship is for the King of Glory, to raise Him up, to lift Him up, that He may be glorified.
It is not about ourselves, but about Jesus, about the LORD Father, about the Holy Spirit who inspires us and guides us.
There are wonderful worship songs, and there are beautiful songs that inspire us and comfort us. But these are not the same.
Praise songs lift up God and thank Him. Worship songs dig deeply into our souls (minds: will, emotion, intellect) and our spirits (heart = newborn spirit). We praise and we worship to expand the Kingdom, to bless our Lord, to sing with the angels.
Worship is not about us. Songs about us are brilliant to help us to grow, and to explore or express our pleasure of Him. But worship is all about God and His glory, to bring heaven down to earth, to raise the presence of God into our midst. It’s not about us at all.
So, when we worship as a group or congregation, may we let go and let God lead us. Instruments and voices together, raised up to give him praise and thanks, letting go of what we look like or how we sound, all for the thanksgiving of God – this is the worship we long to offer to Him. Let us do so together, let us do so in solitary, let us do so, that He may be glorified in the earth and the demons be disbursed. Amen.
Ready: Make room to worship God, even alone at home.
Set: Make God the center of your attention.
Go: Raise your voice, movement, all of your focus and worship Him.