Worship is the highest activity of which any human being is capable!
By thanksgiving, we acknowledge GOD’S goodness. By praise, we acknowledge GOD’S greatness. By worship, we acknowledge GOD’S Holiness.
It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 6:
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I clearly saw the Lord. He was seated on His exalted Throne, towering high above me. His long, flowing robe of splendor spread throughout the temple.
2 Standing above Him were the angels of flaming fire, each with six wings: with two wings they covered their faces in reverence, with two wings they covered their feet, and with two wings they flew.
3 And one called out to another, saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, Commander of Angel Armies! The whole earth is filled with His glory!”
4 The thunderous voice of the fiery angels caused the foundations of the thresholds to tremble as the cloud of glory filled the temple!
GOD’S Holiness fills HIS Presence and those who enter into HIS Presence will experience HIS pure Holiness and HIS Holy fire will remove any impurities, guilt, and sin, they will be blotted out.
The Beloved Disciple wrote what he heard and saw by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 4:
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings, full of eyes all around and under their wings. They worshiped without ceasing, day and night, singing,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty! The Was, the Is, and the Coming!”
9 And whenever the living creatures gave glory, honor, and thanks to the One Who is enthroned and Who lives forever and ever,
10 the twenty-four elders fell facedown before the One seated on the Throne and they worshiped the One Who lives forever and ever. And they surrendered their crowns before the Throne, singing:
11 “You are worthy, Our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, for You created all things, and for Your pleasure they were created and exist.”
Praise and thanksgiving are primarily utterances; they come out of our mouth. We speak them or we sing them or we may even shout them.
Worship is not primarily an utterance. Worship describes an attitude of the body. Worship is not really an utterance, it is an attitude, not just the physical body, but an attitude of the whole inner being.
There are certain specific attitudes which, in the Bible, are characteristic of worship. First of all, bowing down the head.
Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Exodus chapter 4:
30 And Aaron spoke all the Words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people.
31 So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Often, worship it’s not just the head, but the upper part of the body. Many times, it is the stretching out of the hands, palms upwards. When we stretch out our hands to GOD, we are saying “Thank You.”
Kneeling is a very distinctive attitude of worship.
It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Chronicles chapter 6:
12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands
13 (for Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward Heaven);
14 and he said: “LORD God of Israel, there is no God in Heaven or on earth like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
15 You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your Mouth and fulfilled it with Your Hand, as it is this day.
The man who was given Wisdom from Above, provided us an example of what it means to worship Our Heavenly Father. Don’t be deprived of the blessing that comes when you are kneeling before Our Heavenly Father!