At the cross I bow my knee, where Your blood was shed for me, there's no greater love than this, You have overcome the grave, Your glory fills the highest place, what can separate me now.....
There is just something that has been in my mind and heart for days now, I'm really asking for input. Why corporately do hold back when we worship? I am really reaching a point in my walk that if I am in church, and in the presence of God, I don't want to have to care what people are thinking if I want to kneel, clap, raise may hands etc. before the Lord. I really don't mean for that to sound harsh...but I've been looking up scripture lately, and here is what I'm finding.
Standing-They will stand in awe of the God of Israel...Isaiah 29:23
Singing - I will be glad and exalt in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. Psalm 9:2
Shouting: My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; and my soul, which You have redeemed Psalm 71:23
Sitting - Then David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord God... 2Samuel 7:18
Clapping - O clap your hands, all peoples; shout to God with the voice of joy Psalm 47:1
Bowing - Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship Exodus 34:8
Praying - In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch. Psalm 5:3
Laying Prostrate - And Jesus went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed... Matthew 26:39
Dancing - Let them praise His name with dancing...Psalm 149:3
The list goes on......I'm not blaming other people for feeling like.. if I lay before God right now someone may see me..I just hate the hesitancy in me that puts that before what I'm being prompted to do by the Spirit. I'm finding myself struggling with the fine line of completely open worship, and not being offensive to someone or making them standoffish. If it 's in the Word and His Word is our example...should that be our practice? I'm just searching.....again, this is something I struggle with internally, not because anyone has said...you need to change...
