Facedown Worship. Something to be desired.

Welcomed in to the courts of the King
I've been ushered in to Your presence
Lord, I stand on Your merciful ground
Yet with every step tread with reverence

And I'll fall facedown
As Your glory shines around
Yes, I'll fall facedown
As Your glory shines around

Who is there in the heavens like You?
And upon the earth, who's Your equal?
You are far above, You're the highest of heights
We are bowing down to exalt You

So let Your glory shine around
Let Your glory shine around
King of glory, here be found
King of glory
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First off, for the sake of clarification, in this blog when I refer to worship I mean purely on the music side of things. I honestly believe that worship is a lifestyle. That it is so much more than just music. It's how we live our lives, how we as his physical representatives in today's world live, and just how it is that we "be" BUT I really could, and guarantee that I will, at some point write a blog on worship... It's a topic that is near and dear to my heart, something I am passionate about, something that I have done much reading on, and I will definitely write on that at a later, unknown date...

But for this now, here's some things that the song Facedown by Matt Redman have made me think about.

This song is so powerful, so emotional, it really is quite remarkable.I remember the first time I played this song in Chapel, it was something remarkable. I remember seeing people on their hand`s and knee`s just worshipping God with all that they were, and I thought to myself, this is what worship should be like, complete surrender to Christ.

We are worshipping the Almighty God, the man who created the heavens and the earth. He is the one who holds the world in his hand, and we are trying to glorify his name, bringing him worth through our music or voices. I believe it is entirely possible and realistic that we should be brought to a state of facedown worship, God is so great, so vast, when we try to worship him, and we enter into his presence, it should consume who we are to the core of our being.

When we truly enter into the King's courts, nothing we have can come close to being worthy of God. We feel so small, so useless, so finite in his infinite love, that nothing we do feels appropriate or even close to being proper to give to God as an offering... Therefore, we offer the only thing we can do, we fall down, and just lay down at Yahweh`s feet crying out to God.

I think the term "facedown" is significant because it's the complete sign of surrender. What can represent surrender more accurately then laying down, heads down and our body's bowed before God? I fail to think of anything.

Worshipping God in this way, is incredibly poweful.

When we are brought to our knees in God's presence, that is something truly special.

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