Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice – Psalm 141:2
The things that God set in place for temple worship through Moses in the dispensation of the Old Covenant were types and shadows of spiritual worship in the New Covenant. Here, we see that the burning of incense signifies prayer, therefore the act of praying is as if incense were being burned to the Lord. When the bible says that incense should never cease burning before the Lord, it really means that we should never cease praying or conversing with God. If we think we have satisfied God through the actual act of burning incense alone, then we are sadly mistaken. Rather than burden ourselves with old practices that no longer yield fruit, we ought to examine the heart behind every command and ensure that we are meeting the true intent. Let us not be robots who just follow commands but let us be people who know the heart behind the command and follow it out of love.
I am not going to worship God robotically but choose to understand the heart behind every instruction
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