Worship for the Believer
The Heart is the Spirit Worship Center
The heart is the intelligence and
emotional center of the spirit world connecting God and Man for the ultimate
private, honest communications. It is direct passage to the presence of God. It
is the true Holy of Holies for man since the loss of the Temple. Man is the
High Priest before God in the temple of his heart offering the once and for all
sacrifice of Jesus' blood and righteousness.
This is true because…
Both God and Man express
thoughts and words, speaking in the heart.
God, who is Spirit, speaks of his heart as the place where thought and expression occurs without physical articulation.
Genesis 8:21 (KJV 1900)
21 And the Lord
smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord
said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s
sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither
will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
In the spirit of man, it is the
center for expressing thoughts and words, speaking in the heart. In this case
it is interesting that this is also the place of speaking directly to God in
prayer (Context).
Genesis 24:45
45 And before I had done speaking in mine
heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she
went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me
drink, I pray thee.
One of the most prominent elements
of worship is the capability to frame thought into words. In the heart, God,
who is Spirit, exclusively meets with men in their heart for communion. During
this communion, man can express his earnest and most truthful words of
surrender, adoration, devotion, and confession.
When men and circumstances
surround, interfere, disturb, and distract, the solitude of the worship center
of the heart can be expressing worship. Both God and man are blessed by such
privacy of expression and communion. Flee to this place of refuge with God.
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