I will bless You as long as I live
I will lift up my hands in
Your Name.
Psalm 104:33
I will sing to The LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Psalm 146:2
I will praise The LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Psalm 143:6
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah.
Hebrews 13:15
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
I lift up my hands to You. Yadah (pronounced: yaw-daw'). Worship that is never silent, nor immobile. Whether we "throw" our hands out in front of us, or "throw" our hands up in the air above us, or thrown over a sacrifice, our hands and our arms are in motion.
Granted, as our bodies age, it is much more difficult to exert our bodies in such a way, and yet, God gives strength to the weak. I can still raise my hands and my arms, just not for very long. I can still stand. I can still walk. Just not for very long, nor very far. Yet.
There are many action words which can describe how we move our hands and arms in His direction. We stretch out our hands in hopes of touching at least the hem of His garment as He passes by. [Luke 8:43,44]. We reach up, extending our arms above us, stretching out fingers into the atmosphere, giving God everything we have within us. [Psalm 103:1].
We lift our arms in front of us, our palms facing out, as if to press in towards His direction, if only to brush up against Him and hear what He has to say to us more clearly. [Mark 5:24]. We must remember, though, that while many surge around Him, not everyone will be seen or heard. It is the heart of the worshiper that God sees and hears and responds to.
Let us gather together amongst His congregations in His houses of prayer and lift up our hands to His Name. For Who He is. For what He's done for us. To bless His wonderful Name. To praise His Holy Name. To honor His mighty Name.
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