“Your God is present among you a strong Warrior there to save you. Happy to have you back, he’ll calm you with his love and delight you with his songs”. Zephaniah 3:17
(The Message Bible)
Although we all; who have breath in our bodies; are required to praise the Lord (Psalm 150:6); there is a type of praise that when offered, permits the presence of the Lord to enthrone us. Psalm 22 references this type of praise.
The Hebrew word “Tehillah” is one of the seven expressions for the word praise. This type of praise is what we commonly refer to as singing in the Spirit. The Tehillah praise is what I refer to as a “worshipper’s praise”. Psalm 22:3 states, “Yet Thou art holy, O Thou who art enthroned upon the praises (tehillah) of Israel” (NIV). The King James Version states: “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel”.
It is the Telillah type of praise which can only be uttered when one is in a state of total: submission, humility and reverence to the Lord. It is this type of praise that will usher in His presence. It is this type of praise that will permit us the privilege of and the ability to, receive a personal audience with the Lord of Lord and the King of Kings. Is it this type of praise that Zephaniah references. It is this type of praise that would be considered “inner court” praise…. And it is this type of praise that will permit us to have a disciplined ear; which will have the ability to hear the Lord’s song.
Learn to sing in the Spirit. Learn to enter into this type of praise on a regular basis. Let your ultimate goal be to offer unto the Lord the type of reverential praise that will impact not only your daily walk – but will make an indelible mark in the lives of others.
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