Mysteries Revealed | Prophetic Worship Thesis Paper

I have many passions with which to love and serve the Lord, but the one that moves my heart the most is prophetic worship. When I prepare for my set, I feel very excited because I know the Lord will encounter me and encounter the ones in the prayer room. I even believe that He shifts the heavenly atmosphere in the region when I sing to Him. Two things always happen after I do a prophetic worship set. I always feel drained because of the emotional energy I pour out for two hours. But right after that, often times I feel filled with the Spirit and invigorated after my encounter by remembering His goodness toward His people and I. One interesting thing that I am always left wondering is, “What did I just sing?” I am left to process what I sang. Sometimes, on the stage I know what I’m singing is straight from the Holy Spirit and not from me at all. In prophetic worship, the Holy Spirit reveals hidden words of God inside the heart to move it in love for Him.

The third person of the Trinity speaks through worship because the Father is musical. Zephaniah 3:17 says, “…He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” So to understand why the Lord moves through song, one must know what is happening in heaven right now. Revelation 4:8 says, “…And they [the four living creatures] do not rest day or night, saying, ‘Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!’” In the verses to follow, the twenty-four elders also begin to worship God, a domino effect of divine adoration. The living creatures and the elders around the throne are in constant worship. Therefore, the One being worshipped must have a song flowing out from His being! He is the very source of worship. He is the Song of all songs. He is the Everlasting Song of the Ages. The Ancient Song and the New Song. His very Presence is a song. Psalm 32:7 says, “…You shall surround me with songs of deliverance,” and Exodus 15:2 says, “The LORD is my strength and song…” His Word is full of songs. Every blessing that God spoke over Israel, the Gentile Church etc., was quite possibly sung instead of spoken. Actually, the word “blessing” is from the Latin word, “benedicere,” which means, “to praise,” “to worship.” Proverbs 25:20 is an example that shows the power of song, “Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, and like vinegar on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.” I believe this verse can speak of the instantaneous impact that songs have on the human heart. In both examples, there is a quick reaction or response. It can be uncomfortable, but 2 Corinthians 2:16 says it best. “To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life…”

The Holy Spirit calls out to God. Psalm 42:7 says, “Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls.” The word, “deep” is “tehowm” in Hebrew, which means (in one definition) deep places. But the root word of “tehowm” is “huwn,” which means to make a (great) noise, to roar, to murmur, to ring again, or to be moved. God and the Holy Spirit are in constant dialogue with one another. Speaking to one another in a language that seems so mysterious yet at the same time, the Spirit reveals all things to us who are in Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:9-11 says, “But as it is written: ‘Eye has not seen, not ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.’ But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.” The wonder is that they desire to communicate through willing vessels like us! Even the Bible was written by God’s prophets and apostles, inspired by the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 10:11, 1 Peter 1:10-11) Truly, our tongues are pens for the Lord if we do offer it up to Him as so.

Thankfully, their relationship with one another is not exclusive. For 1 Corinthians 1:9 says, “God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” We have been grafted into the fellowship of the triune God! Therefore, if God’s name is also the Song of All Songs and He speaks to us, how much more then will He sing through us to deliver a message to us, to others, and to principalities and powers? Ephesians 1:7-10 declares that “according to the riches of His grace,” He made known to us the “mystery of His will, according to the good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.” The Lord does not only speak or sing to us, but the way He feels about doing so is very important. It is his good pleasure that He reveals the mystery of His will! He is a mystery, but the way by which we get to Him is not mysterious. God is gracious. Therefore He loves to share His heart and His thoughts with His people.

Psalm 22:3 says, “But You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel.” The Lord is the only one deserving of worship and unceasing adoration because He is the only one who is holy by nature. Because He is holy and paid the price of sin for us, we can become holy under Jesus’ blood. God receives glory when we receive and release what He is speaking and singing through us. His presence comes when we worship Him. Healing comes, demons flee, and unbelievers are suddenly converted under the presence of the Lord.

Like the anointing of the Holy Spirit causes one to receive that which they barely understand; by the same power, the Spirit reveals hidden things in the heart through song. It brings spiritual understanding to what was hidden before through prophetic worship. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of prophecy! Therefore, the Holy Spirit inside speaks and prophesies through which He abides. The Holy Spirit searches the deep things of God, whether it is for one person or many or for a nation. God is love, so His motivation is always love and is meant to enlarge the heart in a way that His commands may be followed.