The Law of Worship: Strength, Joy, and Victory in the God of Jacob
“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.”Psalm 100:1–2
Worship is not an optional act in the Kingdom of God; it is a divine statute and a law established by the God of Jacob. Psalm 81:1–4 reveals that Israel’s strength was not found in its armies, wealth, or wisdom, but in its God. The command to *sing aloud* is not a gentle suggestion—it is a call to lift our voices with boldness, declaring that our strength rests in Him alone. Joyful, loud, Spirit-filled worship is the rightful culture of God’s people.
This worship is not silent but expressive, accompanied by instruments of praise—the timbrel, the harp, the psaltery, and the trumpet. Each sound becomes a prophetic declaration that God reigns over every season. The blowing of the trumpet at the new moon signifies more than ritual; it proclaims that every new cycle of life, every transition, every season is marked by the victory of God’s covenant people. Worship aligns time itself with divine order.
But the opposite is also true. When the mouth is shut, when praise is withheld, a kingdom principle is violated. Psalm 81:10 reminds us that open mouths are vessels of divine filling. Silence in worship is not humility; it is alienation. Those who refuse to worship cut themselves off from God’s flow of blessing, for worship is the channel through which strength, joy, and provision are released.
Let us then, as a people of the Kingdom embrace worship not as tradition but as law, not as ritual but as life. Our strength, victory, and identity are found in exalting the God of Jacob.
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin