Worship and Bow Down

Psalm 95 : 6-11 (Amplified)

6 O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 For He is our God and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice,

8 Harden not your hearts as at Meribah and as at Massah in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

9 When your fathers tried My patience and tested Me, proved Me, and saw My work [of judgment].

10 Forty years long was I grieved and disgusted with that generation, and I said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, and they do not approve, acknowledge, or regard My ways.
11 Wherefore I swore in My wrath that they would not enter My rest.

It has been revealed to me lately the great need for us to bow down before our Maker when we worship. And equally as important to kneel before the Lord when we worship. Kneeling and bowing down are not commonly seen in churches. Only those who are having a crisis, a meltdown, or are deeply moved in worship are the ones who seem to step out of the boundaries of the usual and bow down or kneel in times of worship. But in the Bible, bowing down is not unusual. This word "worship" from Strong's concordance means - -
--to bow down
--something that is low or in a depressed configuration
--to bow down, prostrate oneself

Here are some other Psalms using the word "worship" which means "to bow down". I Chron. 16:29, Psalm 29:2, Psalm 96:9, Psalm 99:5, Psalm 99:9, and Psalm 132:7.

In Psalm 95, the verses following verse 6 talk about being hard-hearted. Verses 7-11 continue to say that the hard-hearted try and test God's patience and are judged.

Could it be that if I am not willing to bow or kneel that I am considered hard-hearted? I don't want to be that way, I don't want my love to grow cold. I want to follow God in His ways.

Lord, keep us pure hearted.