"Fear God, Love God, Serve God": "The Posture of Force"

"And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and

thou shalt be a father of many nations."

(Genesis 17:3-4)

Angels visit Abraham

Biblical Abraham was no stranger to the holy posture of the face to the ground. "Force" means 'physical power or strength possessed by a living being.' It's the posture to be assumed with any encounter before the Almighty God. He IS, after all, the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, and the Holy One of Israel; we give Him the honor due His name. It is a place of obeisance, a place of humility, and a place of surrender, just as kneeling and bowing, as well, are welcomed by our Lord. Creation was formed of the "dust" of the ground, the origin of all humanity, so for mortals, it is the lowest, but the highest place of strength; it is beautiful; "The Posture of Force."

Four and twenty Elders in heaven

It is also a posture of the mind. Humility is gone when one voices that he, himself, is humble. Huh? We are never stronger, never higher, never as powerful, never as close to God, than when we are bowed low. This posture must exist in the mind, heart, soul, spirit and body of the "dust" toward its Creator. Abraham, and many of the mighty men and women of the Bible had this "force" in the very depths of their character. They knelt, bowed, fell, and prostrated themselves before the One in whom dwells all power and glory and honor, the Lord and King of all, our omnipotent Creator, Jesus Christ.

I bowed on my knees and cried "Holy"

We must assume the posture of "force." What? Two definitions of the word 'force' are "strength" and "intensity." It is an intense position alright; it exudes powerful worship and adoration, elimination of self, and renders the human as given over to the higher power, the precious and omnipotent ONE Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ. You say, "Well, I've just never been one to do that." You will! Huh? Every knee Shall bow; every tongue will confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord. We will do it now, or we will do it later, but we will ALL do it! Don't get your bloomers in an uproar ... it's a wonderful thing to feel the posture of "letting go," relinquishing control, becoming pliable, surrendering the will, realizing we don't know everything, becoming as a little child, and turning it over to our "Father." It's a very "freeing" thing to let the Creator of the universe carry our load, and lift it from our shoulders; try it!

"Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the

radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory

of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking."

(Ezekiel 1:28)

It's not so hard to fall on our faces when we are awed with a vision like the one given to Ezekiel, but worship is either within our being or it is not. It is either the force of our souls or it is not. We were all created to worship Him, the Lord Jesus Christ, but He gave us free will to do so, or not to do so. The God of the universe could blink an eye and every human in earth would fall to his/her knees, but He wants our love willingly; He wants it from a sincere heart, from a posture that desires to give Him praise, from "dust" that realizes it is dust ...

It is the position most powerful in all the world, the highest,

yet the lowest in stance; it is "The Posture of Force."