Only those who know God can worship Him. I get into the place of perfect acceptance through the work of Christ, and then I worship. None can worship unless in this place of divine favor; but if T sing in the sense of the acceptance of Christ I cannot be out of tune: The essence of worship is that the Holy Ghost can take up our praises and prayers to God in perfect association with Christ.
Is all I have got of God His being satisfied with the blood? I want my soul in the sense of relationship with him when I worship. And there is no worship without desire; desire goes ever beyond present ability. Restricting it to mere praise is impossible; it is never unmixed with prayer, though not the place properly of prayer; but you cannot separate it from it; it would not be genuine if you did, and that is the thing that is wanted.
(J. N. D.)