Worship

I’ve been learning a lot about worship the past few months.I’ve learned  that it isn’t just a band singing really well with cool lights but that you can worship jesus through, art, listening prayer, just sitting with Him and having normal everyday conversation, you can worship Jesus through the way that you love others. With Jesus we have so much freedom to worship Him in so many different ways. Ultimately worship is ascribing worth to God. We can praise Him with our heart posture and setting our eyes on Him. 

Here’s a few Hebrew words for praise 

HALLAL – to praise, to boast, to shine: to act madly or clamorously foolish.

• Primary root word for praise.

• We derive the word “ Hallelujah” from this word. ( HALLAL Yahweh) 

• When we see “praise the Lord” in scripture it often comes from “ HALLAL Yahweh,” 

• Psalm 150: 1 Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary;  praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise Him for His surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,    praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.

• Are we willing to look like a fool for the glory of the Lord? 

Yadah – to throw, shoot, or cast ( glory to Him); to confess, to give thanks

• Literally translates “ open hands to God”

• Yad – the open hand 

• Ah – God 

• The first time this word appears in scripture is in Genesis 29: 31-35 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless. Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.”

•       Do we focus our attention on God when we worship? Or are we focused on ourselves or other people? 

Towdah – to extend the hand in adoration, acceptance, or acknowledgment.

• Comes from the same root word as yadah, but is used more specifically to refer to thanksgiving. 

• Psalm 42:4 these things I remember as I pour out my soul : how i used to go to the house of God under the protection of the mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. psalm 56:12 I am under vows to you, my God I will present my thank offerings to you.

• We first see the word Towdah in Leviticus 7:11-20.  In reference to the peace offering (a free will offering or praise) 

• Do you come to God because He owes you something? Do you deserve to be filled by Him or do you humbly accept and give thanks for your situation?

Shabach – to address in a loud tone or shout; to commend, triumph, soothe or still. 

• Psalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad;  let them ever sing for joy.Spread your protection over them,    that those who love your name may rejoice in you   

• 47:1 According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.

• Do we regularly declare victory and triumph in worship? Or is your relationship with God primarily a place to lament? 

Barak- to kneel down, Bess, solute, to kneel in homage before a superior.

• we first see this word in scripture in Genesis 1:28 God blesses Adam and Eve and does so in love and adoration of His creation who Bear His image.

• We also see this in scripture in Genesis 24( vs. 1,11,27,31,35,48,60) in the story of Abraham’s servant to go find a wife for Isaac. 

• Do we humbly submit to God? Do we express our adoration to Him? Are we surrendered to Him in worship? 

Zamar – to pluck the strings of an instrument.

• Zamar is largely involved with the concept of “joyful expression of music.” 

• Psalm 21:13 Be exalted in your strength, Lord;we will sing and praise your might. 

• 1 Chronicles 16:9 Sing to him, sing praise to him;    tell of all his wonderful acts

• Psalm 57:8-9 Awake, my soul!   Awake, harp and lyre!    I will awaken the dawn. I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;    I will sing of you among the people

• Today, there are more instruments we could use to worship, or, we can play pre- recorded worship music and worship ago with it — An option that didn’t exist until the modern age. 

• Do you exercise creativity in relationship with Him? 

Tellah – To sing or to laud: to sing songs of the spirit. 

• derived from the word HALLAL, and most literally translates to “ the singing of halal.”

• Tehillah is the word used in Psalm 22:3 “ you sit enthroned upon the praises of your people.” 

• Tehillah offers support for spontaneous and prophetic song: The Lord is enthroned upon ( or inhabits) the tehilah( prophetic songs) of His people. 

• Do you offer your own heart song to the Lord ?