BOW DOWN

 

“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.  For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.”  (Psalm 95:6-7)

 

When was the last time you physically bowed down to pray?  Have you ever got down on your knees and prayed to the Lord?  If it’s been awhile or you’ve never done it, you should ask yourself why?

 

Bowing or kneeling down to pray is a position of submission or surrender.  When you see the police about to arrest someone, they usually tell you to get down on your knees and put your hands up.  This is an act of surrender.  The person under arrest is forced to surrender to authority.  God doesn’t force us to surrender.  It’s our choice.

 

If you really desire to experience the presence of the Lord, you must learn to surrender physically and spiritually.  To surrender physically, bow down and worship the Lord.  Yes, you can pray standing, sitting and even laying down.  God is not that concerned about our physical posture, but He is concerned about our inner posture.  Physically kneeling down to pray helps us take a position of humility.  We are not putting ourselves on equal footing with a Holy God.  When you can bow down to pray, your heart will follow.  It will surrender to God and then you will hear from heaven and experience God’s glory.  When you bow down before God, you are acknowledging that He is Divine, Holy, Sovereign, Righteous, and Omnipotent.  That He is Supreme and Mighty and you should be in awe of Him.

 

If you have never bowed down to God, why not?  Don’t you believe He’s worthy of your submission?  Maybe you just have trouble submitting to authority.  If that is it, then you need a heart check-up.  Maybe you believe to worship God it doesn’t take all that.  But what are you losing by bowing down to the One who saved you from hell.  I know a lot of “Pastors” are claiming there is no hell, but that is a subject is for another time.  Believe me, hell is real and Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected on the third day for you and the entire world.  And if you say you’re a believer, then why can’t you get down on your knees.  Jesus was spat upon, whipped, mocked and crucified for you and you can’t bow before the King of Kings?  Really?!!! 

 

If you don’t bow down now, you will have to bow down later.  “For it is written:  ‘As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.’  So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.”  (Romans 14:11-12)  Do you want to have to explain to God why you couldn’t bow down and worship Him???

 

“HEY, YOU!  STOP RIGHT NOW, GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES, RAISE YOUR HANDS AND WORSHIP

THE LORD YOUR GOD!!!”