Conclusion to 31 Days of Worship
David W Palmer
As we have looked at God’s word on the subject of praise, worship, and thanksgiving, we have been blessed to have God reveal to us that Biblical Praise includes:
We have seen that God inhabits the praises of his people. This is very good news, as it means that we can enjoy God’s manifested presence when we praise. However, we have also seen that many times in practice, praise is a sacrifice.
The Old Testament shows that worship at that time was physical: the body language of submission, devotion, and homage. In the New Testament, however, Jesus revealed that the worship God seeks is worship in spirit and truth. We learned:
Old Testament worship had the physical body language of submission. New Testament worship has the spiritual counterpart—humility and submission in the spirit.
Jesus also declared that God seeks worshippers in truth. For us, this means:
In the book of Acts, the Holy Spirit revealed through James that God wants to restore the tabernacle of David. This is very exciting for our generation and our contemporary times. It means that God wants us to:
We have seen in the Bible that our destiny is to be the glorious church. That is, a church full of, and overflowing with, God’s tangible glorious presence; God’s glory is the manifestation of all that he is. His vision is that his glory will fill his church and the whole earth.
God is glorified in the worshipping church—the church that worships in spirit and in truth—serving him with their spirits as well as in the natural realm.
To enable us to fulfill God’s dream, he has graciously poured out his Holy Spirit on us. His power clothing and empowering for worship and service is called the anointing:
As we conclude this topic, we must bear continually in the forefront of our minds that we are embroiled in a war for worshippers. As this is so crucially important, let’s recap the main points:
God loved David’s heart of worship; he is currently looking for those with a similar heart of true worship today:
