The highest position we can ever achieve is at the feet of Jesus. In Him, we have all things; without Him we have nothing.
During the Temple period, everyone sang the melodies as they worshipped in His presence. The Psalms were written specifically for singing, but following the destruction of the 2nd Temple these melodies were lost in exile. Since then, the Jewish people have the Torah but have not yet regained its melody. This has been the cry of the Jewish heart for over two millennia.
The term ‘worship’ in Hebrew implies a ‘kiss,’ or to give reverence with a feeling of ‘awe’ and ‘devotion.’ This sheds light in the verse from the Book of Proverbs: “He kisses the lips [and wins the hearts of people] who gives a right and straightforward answer.” (Proverbs 24:6)
But, what is the question? It is simply God asking us how much we love Him, and the manner in which we worship Him is our response.
When Isaac was praying for children, Scripture tells us:
‘Vaye’aser Lo Hashem’ (‘and God answered him.’) [Genesis 25:11]
Why shouldn’t God answer him? Isaac is praying and God shouldn’t answer?
Jewish commentary says,
‘Vaye’aser Lo Hashem.’
Isaac’s praying for children was so powerful that even God began praying that Isaac should have children!
‘Vaye’aser Lo Hashem.’
He made God pray. Is this not true intercession!
Imagine my wife asks me for something. If I love her a little bit, I just give her what she asked for.
If I love her deeply, I delight to give it to her even more than she does. Her prayer becomes my prayer; her desire becomes mine!
Scripture teaches us that when we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desire of our hearts! Is this not a tautology? After all, what purer desire of the heart is there than to delight oneself in Him?
Have you ever asked someone for a favour, and afterwards you are not such good friends anymore? You walk away from it and say,
‘Thank you very much, I’m very grateful!’ but nothing happens afterwards.
And then, sometimes you ask someone for a favour and you end up becoming close friends. What’s the difference?
If you ask them for a favour and they say,
‘Okay, I’ll give it to you,’ it’s a one-time act. But, if the person replies,
‘I want you to have what you are asking for as much as you yourself want to have it,’ suddenly your souls entwine.
When this happens, you taste the depths of their soul, and then you become friends forever.
The above thoughts reflect the type of people who represent true worshippers of God, releasing His fragrance unconsciously as they stand firm as a deer on the mountain peaks.
Deuteronomy 6:5, encapsulates worship in its fullness, and some people may even dare go beyond it:
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and with all your soul and with all your strength [your entire being].”
When God bears witness to this in our lives, that alone makes Him feel worthwhile to be God!
