“…Worship God! For the testimony
of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”—Revelation 19:10
The heart of the worshipper is
changed when it is engaged in prophetic worship. Moses and the children of Israel engaged in prophetic worship in Exodus chapter
15. Prophetic
worship releases the power of God in our lives by declaring who God is, what He has done and what He will
do.
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to
the Lord,
and spoke, saying: “I will sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
2 The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
3 The Lord is a man of war;
The Lord is His name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths have covered them;
They sank to the bottom like a stone.
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
2 The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
3 The Lord is a man of war;
The Lord is His name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths have covered them;
They sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 “Your
right hand, O Lord,
has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
7 And in the greatness of Your excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth Your wrath;
It consumed them like stubble.
8 And with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
10 You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
7 And in the greatness of Your excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth Your wrath;
It consumed them like stubble.
8 And with the blast of Your nostrils
The waters were gathered together;
The floods stood upright like a heap;
The depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’
10 You blew with Your wind,
The sea covered them;
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 “Who
is like You, O Lord, among the gods?
Who is like You, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
13 You in Your mercy have led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To Your holy habitation.
Who is like You, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
13 You in Your mercy have led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To Your holy habitation.
14 “The
people will hear and be afraid;
Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away.
16 Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
Whom You have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and plant them
In the mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed;
The mighty men of Moab,
Trembling will take hold of them;
All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away.
16 Fear and dread will fall on them;
By the greatness of Your arm
They will be as still as a stone,
Till Your people pass over, O Lord,
Till the people pass over
Whom You have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and plant them
In the mountain of Your inheritance,
In the place, O Lord, which You have made
For Your own dwelling,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
18 “The
Lord
shall reign forever and ever.”
19 For
the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and
the Lord
brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went
on dry land in the midst of the
sea.
When we engage in prophetic worship, we experience a
supernatural exchange with the Lord. Our
hearts open to Him and we are able to receive and experience the transforming
work of the Holy Spirit in our hearts.
Our hearts cannot contain Him, and thus out of the abundance of our
hearts our mouths cannot help but to glorify Him. We may experience a new way of worship as we
abandon our wills to His. We will bring
forth a symphony of music led by the Holy Spirit. The power
of prophetic worship is fully experienced when we as worshipers come
together in the unity of Spirit with an open heart and a willingness to completely
offer our praise to Him.
The prophet Samuel said the
following to Saul about a supernatural worship experience: "You will
meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed
instrument, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be
prophesying. Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you and you will
prophesy with them and you will be turned into another man" (I Samuel 10: 5-6). Prophetic worship can change us into “another man.”
Furthermore, when we engage in prophetic worship guided by the Holy
Spirit the realms of the spirit are being expressed.
Prayer—Father
I yield to the presence of the Holy Spirit to lead me into the release of prophetic
worship in my life. Lord I thank You for
the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in my life as I yield to releasing
prophetic worship, in Jesus Name. Amen.
