Is it OK to worship with Joy?—part 3

Is it OK to worship with Joy?—part 3 

            Yesterday we discussed very briefly that maybe the reason that often our worship is so sedate is that we, among other things, are not hearing intelligently what our loving heavenly Father is saying to us or that we haven’t been obedient to His voice.  If we are experiencing the chastening of the blessed Holy Spirit because we have not obeyed what we know the Bible teaches clearly, worship ill not be very joyous.

            Finally let’s take a quick look at the Hebrew word samach, which according to Strong means “probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome:--cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy (-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice…”  Wow!  Blithe and gleesome doesn’t sound like God’s Word is commanding that our worship must be very staid, does it?.  It means that Christians who are happy serving Jesus should get happy once in a while and furthermore, it should show on their face and their whole person!  Does that make me phanatical?  I think not. 

Thought for the Day

 Psalm 33:1 teaches “Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.”  It appears to me from this Scripture that the only people who are sad worshipers are those who are not righteous.