There was an old classic written by the late Merlin Carothers
called "Power in Praise." In this wonderful
book, he shares that praising in the midst of darkest times can actually
transform and translate the situation.
He shared umpteen testimonies of people who saw that change. A mother first reluctantly started praising
God for her daughter's wayward way of life, and in that situation, the daughter
in some bar far away started to cry and suddenly wanted a change in her way of
life and totally changed. Praise is
needed, day to day, living in praise is powerful and changes us and increased
our love for God.
Praise differs from worship. Praise refers to giving God glory for His greatness,
might and goodness in connection to His deeds and acts, the
nature He created and the wonders He does.
Worship is different.
It is adoration of the Lord. We
just adore the Lord and love Him with no connection to any of His deeds or
wonders or creation. In that deep rich
adoration, we are transported into the Holies of Holies and see the Lord,
overcome by His Glory and just maybe even fall amazed to the ground. There sometimes are no words in the Holy of
Holies. It is in the Holy of Holies that
God can meet us in a new dimension and fill our hungry souls. In the Holy of Holies, we are not asking, not
seeking, not knocking. It is still and
quiet, but very powerful, like a roaring waterfall cascading around us.
In that meeting with the Lord, He transports on those Wings
of Worship to walk on a new plane, the Highway of Holiness and when we walk out
of that secret worship place, we are equipped with a new power from the Lord,
and we have the privilege to walk on the Highway of Holiness where no demon or
unclean thing has the power to touch us.
We can only worship God in Spirit and in Truth. We need to have the life of Christ in us to
enable pure worship, because Jesus is the Truth and the Spirit within us is the
Holy Spirit given to us at Salvation.
Psalm 96:9 "Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness"
literally means worship Him in the Holy of Holies.
A very great evangelist of our day who has impacted millions
in the world shares about this worship he has with the Lord. He just goes into the Holy of Holies and
adores the Lord and in that place, there are no words, no wanting, no asking. He just loves and adores Jesus and when he
comes out of the Holy of Holies, he is transformed. The people around him feel the Presence of the
Lord on his life and know he has been with Jesus. I do not name this evangelist for certain
reasons, but I do recognize that his life has impacted millions.
If we can walk into the closet of worship, just adoring the
Lord, asking for nothing, we will have a Divine Encounter with Him and will come out of the closet of
worship, glowing, filled with His presence and the more we have these wonderful
worship times with the Lord, we will fly up on the Wings of Worship living on a
higher realm even on Earth!
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