Subject: Do We Worship On Our Knees Only? |
Bible Note: Using English dictionaries is sometimes bad. We get our word worship from Middle English worshipe, which means worthiness, respect, reverence paid to a divine being. This word is from Old English, weorthscipe, which means worthiness, respect, from weorth worthy, worth -scipe -ship. There are some that say worship is showing God his worth. To be it sound to close to praise. You have got a good handle on the difference. Congrats to your daughter and praise to the Lord. I think of Hannah who worshiped after she was told she would be with child. There may of been praise as a related, but separate activity. Contrast Job who lost it all, and worshiped, as well as David, who lost his first son by Bathsheba. Worship does not always happen in conjuction with praise. |