Worship

I went to Phillip Island this weekend and I got back today. It was really good, the focus of the weekend was worship, and we learned two different Hebrew words for worship - hawa, which means "facedown" worship, it is what someone does when they realise they are in the presence of greatness. It is being in awe, speechless. In order to experience this for God, one has to know God, in order to recognise His greatness. Like seeing a celebrity in the street, if you don't know who the celebrity is or recognise them as a celebrity, it does not do much for you.

The second word we learned was abad - to work, to serve, to honour, to surrender, to worship. This is being a living sacrifice to God, where every aspect of your life is given to God, for God. When you are at work, you do your work in honour of God. When Adam was placed in the garden of Eden to tend the garden, the word abad was used to mean work. His work was an act of worship.