Worship Him Every Day
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and
of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when
he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and
offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou
prepared me (Hebrews 10:4-5).
When you study the twenty-ninth to the
thirtieth chapter of the Book of Exodus,
you’d find how that the Lord gave the children of Israel
certain instructions, and asked that they rendered sin
offering, burnt offerings and incense. These were to
be done every day.
However, God wasn’t pleased with the sacrifice
and offerings of these animals; He wanted the perfect
sacrifice: Christ Jesus.
Over in the New Testament, Jesus became our sin
offering. He was offered for us as one sacrifice, forever.
We never need to offer animals to God anymore.
Hebrews 10:14 says, “For by one offering he hath
perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” He wasn’t
just the perfect sacrifice; His sacrifice perfected us.
The Psalmist, David, gives us a light into this and
tells us something striking in Psalm 141:2. He said, “Let
my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”
Being a prophet, he had a revelation of the future and
the new dispensation that should come into effect after
the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The sanctuary of the old covenant was going to
be removed and replaced. What then would take the
place of the incense that was offered to God regularly,
and the sacrifices that He commanded the priests to
offer morning and evening?
It’s our prayers of worship and the lifting up of our
hands! God says this should be perpetual; it should
never cease. It’s the reason we worship Him always,
with our hands lifted. Every time you worship the Lord,
especially when you do it in the spirit, that is, in other
tongues, your prayers go to Him as incense. The Bible
says, “And the smoke of the incense, which came with
the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out
of the angel’s hand” (Revelation 8:4).
As you lift your hands to Him, eulogizing and
making confessions to His Name, it’s like the evening
sacrifice, a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that
pleases God. And we’re to do this every day.
Prayer
Dear heavenly Father, I bless and extol your majesty, for you alone
are God. You’re worthy of all praise, glory, adoration, majesty,
splendour and grace; blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving,
honour, power, and might, be unto you, forever and ever. Amen.
Further Study
Psalm 134:1-2; Revelation 7:11-12; Hebrews 13:15
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
2 Corinthians 11:1-15
Proverbs 29-31
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 22:24-34
1 Samuel 30