Worship
“And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord” (1 Samuel 1:19).
In this Old Testament account both husband and wife were present and worshipping the Lord in the proper way and in the proper place … at the house of the Lord. Hannah had spent the previous day praying in great distress to the Lord. She found peace after her prayer and the next day was found worshipping.
Our worship on another first day of the week will be greatly affected by what we did yesterday and last week. We will be either occupied with the things that we did yesterday and last week, so that our worship will be hindered, or our occupation with the Lord yesterday and last week will heighten and enhance our worship of Him today.
This is what He wants — for us to be totally occupied with Himself. There is nothing He desires more than worship as was expressed by the Lord Jesus Himself at Sychar’s well, when He said, “The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him” (John 4:23).
