culture Archives - How Can We Not Worship Him?

With all the chaos and confusion, the bitterness, division and hate, the anger and tumultuous times in our land, we do not need to add fuel to the fire. We do not need finger-pointing, to give tit for tat, or repay anger with anger.

No, we need Jehovah-shalom (Yahweh-Shalom), which means “The Lord is Peace.”

We first see Jehovah-Shalom in Judges 6:24, where there was anything but peace in the land.

But God! There is a great benefit in knowing, praying, praising, and worshiping His name Jehovah-Shalom, the Lord of Peace, the Prince of Peace (Isa. 9:6).

Oh, let us be still and draw near to hear (Eccl. 5:1; Isaiah 34:1) our Jehovah-Shalom whisper to us “Peace be with you; do not fear” as spoken to Gideon in Judges 6:23.

Ephesians 2:14 tells us Jesus is our peace. He promises to give us His peace in John 14:27.

We are informed in 1 Corinthians 14:33 that He is a God of peace. In Romans 16:20 we are told our God of peace will crush Satan under our feet.

We are encouraged in Philippians 4:9 that the God of peace will be with us.

Oh, to intimately know and ardently worship our Prince of Peace, Jehovah-Shalom, as we bask in His peace that He so freely gives, so we may authentically display His peace to a hurting world that so desperately needs to know our Jehovah-Shalom.

Jesus calls us to be peacemakers for a purpose! Our world needs true Holy Spirit-filled peacemakers carrying, displaying, and dispersing peace everywhere we go. Blessed are the peacemakers.

Strong’s Concordance says the word worship means “prostrate; homage to royalty or God; bow down; fall down; humbly beseech; to do reverence; worship.”

Does this describe our experience in worship?

We saw a great example of “homage to royalty” during Queen Elizabeth’s funeral services. Much of the world was totally enraptured with the grandeur of the event. The structure, the detail, the colors, the sounds, the music, all the Scripture reading, the honor, the respect, the value placed on someone. Could we learn another aspect of worship from this? Do we long to be enraptured with the grandeur of our great and awesome Creator God? Could this change our perspective of worship?

Jesus, we ask You to draw us into a deeper expression of meaningful worship of You, our Savior, the Lover of our souls. Our heart’s desire is to ardently come before Your glorious altar worshiping You from a position of honor, value, and deep respect, for only You are truly worthy of our worship.