“ADORE!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 558

December 21, 2021///

“Oh, come let us adore Him”!

Websters dictionary defines adore as worship and worship as honor and reverence!

Definition of adore

1: to WORSHIP or honor as a deity or as divine

Definition of worship

1: to honor or show reverence for as a divine being or supernatural power

In the Psalms worship is encouraged over and over, such as in 95:6!

Psalm 95:6 (KJV)
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

When we worship the Creator God, and Jesus our Lord, we do it to show our adoration and our gratefulness for His Love and Care.

But in reality, what it does is invades us with Peace and a spirit of ease that the world knows nothing of! When we Worship, we are forgetting all that is around us and basking in the presence of a real and living God who loves us without measure!

Worship starts with Thanksgiving, flows into Praise, and walks us right into the divine Glory and Power of the one who knows us best!

Psalm 100:4 (KJV)
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

In the Jewish tabernacle there was an outer court, and inner court, and then the Holy of Holies where the ark of the covenant which represented the presence of God was!

Jesus made it possible for us to go all the way into the Holy of Holies when He gave His life on the cross to cleanse and purify us! The veil that kept most people out was torn into when He said, “It is finished”!

So today we can enter into the very presence of Father God in the Holy of Holies by the outer court, inner court and right on into the Holy Place!

When we just begin to open our mouth and thank God for everything: breath, life, family, food, water, shelter, and on and on we are in the outer court. We are speaking aloud our thanks whether we really feel thankful or not!

As we begin to speak our Blessings, we are filled with Praise, and the Praise for who Jesus is, who God is, and all His provisions become not just words but true feelings from the heart! We are in the inner court. The cares and situations in life have been replaced with a true Praise that we are not alone, and we do not fight our battles and the Lord God Almighty reigns and Loves us!

Somewhere in the midst of our Praise we realize we have moved from the inner court to the Holy of Holies and are kneeling, standing, or sitting is the presence of the one who created all things, formed us, and knew us before we were every thought of by our parents!

We find in the Holy place that the things of earth grow strangely dim in His Light and Love! His presence becomes so real the words of praise may be impossible and all we can do it lift our hands or just sit as He wraps us in arms that are big enough to Love and comfort the entire world!

Or maybe all you can say is Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty!

The inner court, the outer court, the Holy of Holies!

To flow from one to another we must open our mouths and speak! If life had dealt you such a blow all you can say is, Jesus over and over that begins that flow and you will find yourself more and more in the presence of royalty: the King of Kings and Lord of Lord!

I encourage you these last few days before Christmas, take some time each day just to sit and give thanks for the gift of eternal life that we celebrate and all He is to you and you will find your stress, worries, frustrations and fears will vanish and you before much time has passed you will be sitting in the Holy Place!

Lay it all down, give it all up, and just Worship!

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Father, thank you for life! Thank you, Jesus, for freedom from all wrongs and mistakes! Thank you for freedom from stress and may each person who reads this Praise you! You are wonderful, counselor, the mighty God, the Prince of Peace! In your presence is fullness of Joy! Fill all who read this with Joy and Peace! Amen

Take time in His Presence!

Love, MeMaw