What a beautiful sight. Worship on the floor of a temple.
Ezra opened the Word of the Lord and all the people stood up.
Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the Great God.
And the people raised hands, worshipped, bowed low, faces to the ground.
Do we know that kind of worship?
Nehemiah 9:35 ~
Your Great Goodness is on us all. What we will do with it? So broad and tall.
One quarter of the day was spent in dealing with their own hearts.
One quarter of the day was spent in worship, face down.
The other half of the day, well they truly lived.
God, have mercy on us one & all.
Let us open the Word on
This Memorial Day.
Face Down.
Amen.
OVERVIEW: Ezra 8-9
The law is read, the Feast of Booths is restored, and the people confess their sins. Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, said, “Arise, bless the Lord your God forever and ever!
ReplyDeleteMay we bless His holy name forever and ever!