[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for your encouragements and testimony about the aroma of worship!

I woke up this morning thinking there was one other thing I should have mentioned in my post 39, namely:

Worship can be both passive and passionate. IMHO, most Christians will eventually arrive at the neverending passive worship like the Apostle John as he "works out his own salvation" in his walk with the Lord.

Those "mountain top" moments (to coin Chambers) of passionate worship may be provoked in us by a number of different triggers, i.e. it is a very personal thing.

For some it may be the sound of a choir or a single voice, a melody or a hymn - or even sounds in nature.

For others it may be colors or art - stained glass, paintings, movies, churches, cathedrals, sculptures - or the art of nature, a gentle surf, field of flowers, majesty of mountains.

For still others it may be holding a newborn child or the hand of an elderly person, the sight of a religious person - or the silent majesty of a coral reef or the playfulness of a kitten or puppy.

And so on...

For me it is a meditation - just thinking of a name or character of God lifts me into passionate worship every time. Some of my favorite "triggers":

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy Kingdom come, thy Will be done (beginning of the Lord's Prayer, Sermon on the Mount)

Jesus is the brightness of the Father's glory, the express image of His Person, He upholds all things by the Word of His power (beginning of Hebrews 1:3)

I AM (Ex 3:14)

Living Word of God (Rev 19)

John's vision of God on His throne (Rev 4)

The new heaven and earth (Rev 21-22)

and lately, The Rock (Ex 32:1-4)

[hosepipe]

[ the aroma of worship! ]

What a concept the aroma of worship!...
i.e. anointing oil.. (worship perfume).. olive oil plus aromatic herbs..

Even human "taste" is partly driven by aroma(odor)..
The nose and the tongue are connected to "taste"..

The anointing oil is a metaphor for the Spirit on several levels..
Worship then can be a tasting and smelling of the Spirit..
Wonder if each human spirit has an individual taste and smell to God?..

[Quix]

Quite right.

Though . . . sigh, I have no reliable triggers that work every time in those senses. I can at least still choose to direct my focus, have in mind and at least heart and spirit THE FOCUS of my life, deeds, thoughts, . . . hopefully more and more of my words . . . GOD WHO IS ALONE WORTHY.