Humble Worshiper ...Honest Worship

“Open the eyes of my heart Lord. Open the eyes of my heart. I want to see you. I want to see you. To see you high and lifted up, shining in the light of your glory. Pour out your power and love, as we cry Holy, Holy, Holy. “

Worship amazes me at this moment. I could not do anything, but worship and praise the Lord for those past weeks. I have been physically exhausted and yet, so spiritually strengthened this whole week. The word ‘worship’ alone, became alive to me. It became alive, not because I finally found its meaning or practicality, but because it has become a part of me and my lifestyle this past several days… and nights.

I asked God to teach me a life of worship and praise, through which He would be the first and only thing on my heart in the mornings; through which He would be the last words on my lips as I unconsciously fall asleep, every night. And He kept His promise.

He daily put a new song in my heart. I would sing it before bed, during falling asleep and wake up with another song coming out my heart and mouth. During a day, I would sing with His angels, as I would walk to class. “You’re the King of Glory, strong and mighty, strong Almighty God!” would be on my lips, as people passed me on the street. Didn’t even notice that they smiled at me, and unconsciously ignored them, because I was lost in my King’s Holiness.

So hard to even write about this.
Yet last night as I was singing “Holy, Holy, Holy…” I was pondering at the image of worship that I am familiar with in my Church, or with those to which I have been before, and in my college worship groups. For some reason, I can only recall couple true times, when I saw somebody worship the Lord in Spirit and Truth. Worship the Lord not only with the words of the song, but also with their bodies and Spirits. Wow…

Many times we sing great songs of worship and yet, all we do is to sing. I have this image of worship in my head. It is people worshiping with singing words as they mean them: their faces are expressing the intensiveness of their words, their heads are looking up into the sky, with their eyes closed, their lips are shouting out the most beautiful praises one can ever hear; their hands are stretching all the way up to the sides, with their palms facing the sky, as an expression of freedom, some of their palms are closed in a fist, as if they took a hold of something greater and don’t want to let go off it; their knees are bent as if they cant stand anymore and are about to fall on their knees, and all of the body stands and praises the Father in the perfect harmony with each parts.

Every part has and knows its role: the heart receives the song from the Lord through the Spirit, the mouth lets the words out and allows them to return back home, the head is facing the throne, but the eyes can’t physically handle its power, so they stay closed; the hands are beholding His glory, the ears are letting the beautiful sound of the Heavenly melody back into the body, and the knees honor the King by bowing down!

“We fall down, we lay our crowns at the feet of Jesus. The greatness of His mercy and Love, at the feet of Jesus. And we cry Holy, Holy, Holy, ….”
Who can stand with words like this! Who can pretend to have the strength to remain on his feet, while the King is waiting to receive your gifts! What an honor is to just come before the throne of the Almighty King and give Him your crown! What an honor for the King to see your love, bowed down before Him! HE is GREAT!

The people fall to their knees, with humble heads bowed down before the King, not worthy of looking into His Holy, Holy, Holy and full of Love and Mercy, filled with majestic light Face. Yet, His presence is so strong that being on their knees is not enough! They fall on their faces with their hands stretched out before the King, offering Him their crown, of who they are and what they have. Simple, humble, obedient and fulfilled act of worship. The part of life, that is many times only an act, but it is the King’s desire and purpose for each one of them; each one of us.

“I am falling on my knees, offering all of me. Jesus you’re all this heart is living for.”

Jesus You ARE all my heart is living for. On my knees, I give You all of me. Facedown, I offer You my crown. Strengthen my body, for it is too weak to keep up with Your Spirit. Strengthen my mind, for it cannot comprehend Your love and mercy. And Jesus, continue to nourish Your Spirit within me, so that it will never stop praising Your name. And in my sleep, let me dream of Your Glory and let my unconscious body worship You, so that when I wake up, there will be yet another song floating from my heart, through my mouth out into this world and Heavens, so that my friends may also know Your beauty and majesty. So that my friends, may become Your, as You have become theirs. Holy, Holy, Holy, You are Holy, Holy, Holy…Amen
“I will praise God’s name in song and glorify Him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs.” Psalm 69:30-31