Nothing (Without You)

In his book, Worship: The Way It Was Meant To Be, Robert Wetmore writes that “the Law of Moses entirely ignores teaching the Israelites what they were supposed to do with music in their abad, their service of worship to the Lord” (p.65). The principle Wetmore teaches is that God never told Moses what role music was supposed to play. A right relationship with God is required of all who wish to worship Him. The concept of shahah, or bowing down to show proper relationship to God, is the first Biblical idea of worship. Worship is literally “bowing” before God to show Him that we understand who He is and why we should worship Him. Once we have “bowed” before God, we are then able to serve (abad) Him. God commanded His people to remember all of the things that He had done for them. A large part of their worship centered on recognizing and memorializing the good things that He had done for them. As Christians we are called to do the same thing every time we gather for the Lord’s Supper. We aren’t able to worship God without the sacrifices He has made on our behalf and part of worship should be to actively remember them. The Jewish feasts were all given by God so that His grace and mercy would be remembered by future generations. Their worship of Him focused on all that He had done for them. Our worship should do the same thing. We should never gather without first bowing before God and recognizing who He is. The second thing we should do is remember what He did for us on the cross.