2 Chronicles 20:18. And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
What a sight! That is the kind of ritualism one likes - when the posture is suggested by the feelings - when the man feels that there is nothing else to do but to bow before the Lord. The king could not speak, he was too full of gratitude - too joyous at the thought that God had so appeared for him. And he felt that the only thing he could do was in silence to bow his head, and prostrate himself before God. Have not you sometimes felt so full of gratitude that you could not express yourself? "A sacred silence checks our songs and praise sits silent on our tongues." Now, while they were worshipping, and just as they had finished that silent adoration, the joy-strains were heard. They had taken breath.
2 Chronicles 20:18. And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
What a sight! That is the kind of ritualism one likes - when the posture is suggested by the feelings - when the man feels that there is nothing else to do but to bow before the Lord. The king could not speak, he was too full of gratitude - too joyous at the thought that God had so appeared for him. And he felt that the only thing he could do was in silence to bow his head, and prostrate himself before God. Have not you sometimes felt so full of gratitude that you could not express yourself? "A sacred silence checks our songs and praise sits silent on our tongues." Now, while they were worshipping, and just as they had finished that silent adoration, the joy-strains were heard. They had taken breath.