Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
"Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!" Kneeling isn't a natural posture for most people today — it can feel like something reserved for defeat, or for a world that no longer exists. So it's worth asking what this verse is actually picturing.
It isn't kneeling before a rival or a ruler demanding submission. It's kneeling before a maker — the one credited with making you in the first place. That's a very different kind of gesture. It's less about being conquered and more like finally acknowledging where you actually came from, instead of pretending you built yourself from nothing.
You don't have to be ready to kneel to notice the invitation is there — "oh come," an open call, not a demand issued from a distance. It's fair to stay standing for now. But it's also fair to ask what you're resisting, exactly, and why.
If kneeling feels like defeat to you, what would change if you saw it instead as simply acknowledging where you came from?
A short video on this is coming soon — for now, read on.