Worship and A Weary Soul

I was in prayer.  I was hearing from the Lord about a number of things about ministry, about people I was having concern over, and taking note of it all. I began to feel tired. I then asked the Lord to give me rest from this tiredness. I listened for awhile, but all I got was silence. I was feeling disappointed with His silence when the image of angels recorded in Revelations came into focus. I was seeing the angels in a state of worship of the Lord whenever there was lull in their doings and working and serving. I was getting the sense that at every opportunity they would fall down in worship of the Lord. 

In response to my request to the Lord for relief from my tiredness, I heard the word, “Worship”.  I turned on music as I sensed that music would turn on a part of my heart toward worship, and it did. Right then and there, I worshipped the Lord. The weariness that had enveloped me faded fast - amazingly. A peace and a feeling of refreshing took its place like the feeling that comes when a fresh breeze blows away the stuffiness of a humid tropical night.

I asked the Lord about worship. A pang of hunger had swelled up in me making me want to hear more from Him about worship. This is some of what I heard:

• Worship has to do with how my heart relates to Him. It has to do with His value, His importance and how I see Him with respect to myself. It’s the bowing of my heart to Him, my heart lying prostrate before Him.
• Worship of the Lord is about how I perceive Him as to who He is. It’s about “remembering” who He is and being totally dialed in on that.
• Worship is also about “remembering” what He has done for me - His righteous acts, the goodness He has poured into my life, His love bestowed on me.

Worship the Lord, O my soul, in the beauty and majesty of His holiness.