From the Desk of Pastor Angel | Praise
The subject of praising God is often very misunderstood. God does not want us to praise Him because He needs to be puffed up. Not at all.
Don’t misunderstand me.
When we praise and worship God, it blesses Him.
But praise is primarily for us.
Most of us have heard this before, but we lack the “aha” revelation of what it really means.
Psalm 22:3, in the New Living Translation says, “But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel”. Israel, in this Scripture, represents God's people. Enthroned in the Merriam Webster dictionary means, “to seat or put in a place to indicate authority or value”.
The King James Version uses the word inhabitest (in old English) or inhabits (as we would say in current English terms) instead of the word enthroned. The Merriam Webster defines inhabits like this, “to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat: live in”.
Put those two definitions together and we end up with the understanding that when we praise God, we are humbling ourselves and placing the Lord in His rightful place of authority in our lives, welcoming Him and making room for His presence to occupy and take residence.
I had an “aha” revelation about this during prayer time on Sunday morning, when we played the song by Leeland called, “Inhabit”.
The lyrics say this:
“Our praise becomes Your house Your place...
We sing a song and You come in
Make a dance and You come in
Shout Your name and You come in
Give You praise and You come in…”.
An excitement rose within me that our praise is way more than just music with Biblical or edifying words. Our decision to praise is building a house where we take a position of humility and submission to our Lord and praise Him for how great He is, creating a place where God’s presence lives and moves continuously.
Don’t misunderstand me.
When we praise and worship God, it blesses Him.
But praise is primarily for us.
Most of us have heard this before, but we lack the “aha” revelation of what it really means.
Psalm 22:3, in the New Living Translation says, “But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel”. Israel, in this Scripture, represents God's people. Enthroned in the Merriam Webster dictionary means, “to seat or put in a place to indicate authority or value”.
The King James Version uses the word inhabitest (in old English) or inhabits (as we would say in current English terms) instead of the word enthroned. The Merriam Webster defines inhabits like this, “to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat: live in”.
Put those two definitions together and we end up with the understanding that when we praise God, we are humbling ourselves and placing the Lord in His rightful place of authority in our lives, welcoming Him and making room for His presence to occupy and take residence.
I had an “aha” revelation about this during prayer time on Sunday morning, when we played the song by Leeland called, “Inhabit”.
The lyrics say this:
“Our praise becomes Your house Your place...
We sing a song and You come in
Make a dance and You come in
Shout Your name and You come in
Give You praise and You come in…”.
An excitement rose within me that our praise is way more than just music with Biblical or edifying words. Our decision to praise is building a house where we take a position of humility and submission to our Lord and praise Him for how great He is, creating a place where God’s presence lives and moves continuously.
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