Week 2 Worship and Adore God

I couldn’t resist posting this video of The Revelation Song by Phillips, Craig, and Dean. I’ve also posted another version of this song by Kari Jobe showing worshippers in adoration of God. You’ll find it at the end of this post. Both are powerful. Let me know which one you like the best.

This week in Passionate Prayer we studied “Prayer When You Want To Adore God.” We lived in Psalm 104 and what a joy it was for me to meditate on the words. I saw things I’d never seen. It’s amazing how just a very simple phrase paints such a huge picture. I LOVED “He makes the clouds His chariot.” Octavius Winslow devotes a whole chapter in his book, Help Heavenward, just to this one phrase. Here’s what Octavius Winslow says, “Oh, it is because we have such shallow views of God’s love that we have such defective views of God’s dealings! We blindly interpret the symbols of His providence because we so imperfectly read the engravings of his heart. Faith finds it’s difficult to spell the word ‘love’ as written in the shaded characters of its discipline; to believe that the cloud which looks so sombre and threatening is the love-chariot of him who for our ransom gave himself unto the death because he so loved us!…He makes the clouds his chariot; and soothed with this assurance, the beclouded, benighted traveller may be still and know that he is God.”

I love those words from Octavius Winslow - sometimes the clouds of life have seemed so threatening. Oh how strong we become in the Lord when we turn our eyes to His greatness and glory and then worship and adore Him! I loved Tozer’s words this week, “From the effort to understand, we must not turn back because the way is difficult and there are no mechanical aids for the ascent. The view is better farther up and the journey is not one for the feet but for the heart.” Didn’t you love those words in Day 2!! So we took the ascent in Psalm 104. I loved the fact that God sends forth “springs in the valleys” (verse 10). But I think my favorite insight this week was in Psalm 104:27-28. I saw how faithful the Lord is to feed His creation, from the trees who need water to the birds of the air, the lions, and finally, man. We can trust God to give us food in due season. What I saw is that God has perfect timing for all His good and perfect gifts (see James 1:17 also). We wait (watching always I trust), and when He gives, we gather (verse 28). Now I know where Amy Carmichael got the title of her wonderful book, Thou Givest, They Gather.

I hope you took the time to pray through Psalm 104 - powerful words to help us worship and adore God. If you haven’t stopped to talk with God and commune and worship Him using these words, then I encourage you to do so. And then, be encouraged with these videos of The Revelation Song - one is by Phillips, Craig, and Dean and the other is by Kari Jobe. I like them both for different reasons. I’ve been using them for worship and adoration this week. Enjoy. And I look forward to continuing on in this adventure, this quiet time experience of Passionate Prayer. Blessings and Love, Catherine

Meet Kari Jobe: After I watched this video of Kari Jobe leading worship through The Revelation Song, I thought, “I want to know more about Kari Jobe.” So I went to her website to find out more about her. She’s a worship pastor in Texas, leading others to worship God. I’ve included a video below of her sharing more about herself and her ministry. I love hearing her talk about worship and I thought since our whole focus is worship and adoration this week, that you would be encouraged by her words. Blessings to everyone and enjoy!!

Here’s another version of Kari Jobe doing the song - now you have all 3 of the best I could find online. Enjoy and delight in the Lord by worshipping Him. Bless the LORD, O my soul!!!