Bowing down before God is the very essence of Biblical worship.
Matthew 15:8 These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.
Worship is a holistic act.
Biblical worship is more than LOVE expressed. It is KINGSHIP expressed.
Worship is acknowledging that God is not just THE King but YOUR King and then living every day in light of that.
John 14:15 If you love Me, keep My commandments.
"It is easy to think of loving Jesus in merely sentimental or emotional terms. It is wonderful when our love for Jesus has sentiment and passion, but it must always be connected to keeping His commandments, or it isn't love at all." -Guzik
Worship is more than love expressed. It is kingship expressed, and we express kingship by keeping the commands of our king!
John 14:15 If you LOVE Me, keep My commandments.
John 15:13 There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.
John 13:4-5 So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.
John 13:12-15 …. "Do you understand what I was doing? You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and you are right, because that's what I am. And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.
If we love him, we will keep his command to wash other's feet.
"If we are going to wash one another's feet, we should be careful of the temperature of the water. Sometimes we try to wash someone with our water too hot – we are too fervent and zealous. Sometimes our water is too cold – we are cold and distant in heart to them. The temperature needs to be in the middle. We should also remember that we cannot dry-clean someone else's feet. Jesus washed us with the washing of water by the word (Ephesians 5:26), we should use the same "water" in ministering to others." -Guzik
John 13:33-35 Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer…. So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.
If we love him, we will keep his command to love each other, just as he has loved us.
"We are to love our neighbor as ourselves, but we are to love our fellow-Christians as, Christ loved us, and that is far more than we love ourselves." -Spurgeon
John 14:1 Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.
If we love him, we will keep his command to trust him.
When we embrace God as King and live the Kingdom Way- serving others, loving each other, and trusting God true worship will naturally follow.
Psalm 5:7 Enter God's house through the abundance of His steadfast love and tender mercy; At His holy temple we will bow [obediently] in reverence for Him.
Psalm 95 Shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!
We'll march into his presence singing praises, lifting the rafters with our hymns!
And why? Because God is the best, High King over all the gods. … We will bow before him, on our knees before God, who made us!
