Monday, October 02, 2006

Proskuneo


Sometimes it's really good to look at Greek words and to understand thier meaning. This word has got to be one of the most intimate words for our word 'worship.' The word worship we have seems to have become so empty, people use it for so many things outside of the worship of God, but what does the word truely mean. Well when you look at this Greek word you get the sense of intimacy, closness & relationship. The actual translation is 'to bow down and kiss the feet of...' Could you get more intimate but yet more reverent than bowing down and kissing someone's feet? So when Jesus says a time will come when you will 'worship' in spirit and in truth, he is saying a time will come when you will reverently bow down and kiss the feet of Jesus, in spirit and in truth. We see a beautiful example of this intimacy when Mary washes Jesus feet in Luke 7:36-38.
May you Proskueno, May you bow down and kiss the feet of Jesus everyday.

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