Today’s New Covenant nugget is from Psalm 5:7-8 (TPT)
I know that You will welcome me into Your house, for I am covered by Your covenant of mercy and love. So I come to Your sanctuary with deepest awe to bow in worship and adore You. Yahweh, lead me in the pathways of Your pleasure just like you promised me You would, or else my enemies will conquer me. Smooth out Your road in front of me, straight and level so that I will know where to walk.
As we worship the Lord, He leads us onto His pathways of pleasure and He literally soothes out the road in front of us…
While you are worshipping, the Lord sends His angels ahead of you to smooth out the road in front of you – as they do, they load up the road in front of you with blessings for your pleasure.
Like David, make worshipping the Lord your priority… worship is the pathway to blessing pleasure and favor… worship is the key to the heart of the Father! As you worship Him, He will seek you out, smooth out the road in front of you and load up the road in front of you with blessings for you pleasure!
Here are some of the Hebrew words in the Bible that are translated “Worship”…
“Shâchâh” To bow down prostrate, in homage to God, fall down flat, to reverence.
“Bâqash” To search out, to strive after, beseech, desire, enquire, make inquisition, and to seek after.
“Halal” "to praise, celebrate, glory, sing, to rave, to be clamorously foolish."
“Dârash” To follow, (for pursuit) to seek or ask, require, search, and seek out.
“Yadah'” To revere or worship with extended hands, to lift the hands, to make confession, praise, to (give) thanksgiving.
Here are some of the Greek words in the Bible translated as Worship…
“Doxa” - Glory, dignity, glorious, honor, praise, worship.
“Ekzetéo” - To search out, crave, demand, require, (carefully, diligently.)
“Therapeuo” - To wait upon, to adore
“latreúo” - To minister to God, to serve the Lord
“Psallo” To play on a stringed instrument, to pluck, to touch or strike the chord, to celebrate the divine worship with music, to make melody, and to sing psalms.
John 4:23-24 - “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him (The Father seeks, pursues , prioritizes , blesses and brings pleasure to His worshippers.) God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
In His amazing love, Nick
