Today’s focus is: Psalm 95:6
“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.”
One of the blessings of being old is getting to hear your children talk about their children. A few days ago, my son described a midnight event. It was one of those nights when their 3-year-old found herself in mommy-daddy bed. He awoke in the nighttime and got up. In a few minutes, he returned to bed. The little three-year-old was sleeping in the middle of the bed, so he laid down. Without saying a word or opening her eyes, she reached up and kissed him on the cheek. She will never remember that midnight moment, but it’s a memory he will never forget. In fact, it reminds me of the true meaning of worship.
In the Bible, the word we translate as “worship” literally means to bow down, to fall on your knees, or to kiss toward someone. Worship, then, is not first about music or words. It begins with posture. A heart that bends. A will that kneels.
In the middle of the night, that little 3-year-old girl was worshiping her father. When we worship our Father, we do the same. “O come, let us worship and bow down…”
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.