Acts of Worship

UV 783/10,000 Acts of Worship “Then Ezra blessed the Lord the great God. And all the people answered, “ Amen, Amen” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.” Nehemiah 8 v 6 The reading of the Word of God produced reverence among the people of Israel. We are reminded of the awesomeness of God when we read scripture and our response should be to agree in the spirit and to praise the Lord. The Lord enjoys the sight of His people raising their hands to worship Him. It is both an act of surrender and of exaltation. We should daily bless the Lord the Great I Am with our thoughts, words and actions. He is the Lord Amen, the One who is the First and the Last, the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. The starting point of a circle is the locus or the central point where we place the compass to draw the circle however small or large. The locus is the Lord God. The circumference is also the Lord God. All of our lives is contained within this circle. When we pray we are drawing a spiritual circle of the Lord’s blessing around that which we prayed for. We need to draw a circle around our health, our families, our foes, our ministry, our present, past and future, our finances, our profession, our problems, our hopes. Drawing a circle implies acknowledging that the Lord encompasses us in His love and care. It means we are blessing Him for His greatness. We are declaring to the world that He is such an awesome God who surrounds us with His love, power and grace. Another act of worship that pleases the Lord is to lie prostrate with our faces to the ground in the presence of the Lord. This is also an act of complete submission and of humbling ourselves in the presence of the Lord. Moses, Joshua and even Jesus lay down with their faces to the ground. As we humble ourselves in His presence, He will lift us up. Jesus will come to us and say, “ Enough, rise up. I have blessed you and heard your heart’s cry.” Prateep V Philip