{"id":21042,"date":"2014-08-03T00:15:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T04:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=21042"},"modified":"2014-08-03T00:20:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T04:20:02","slug":"exalted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/03\/exalted\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Exalted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I stand in awe\u00a0of who You are<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You have overwhelmed my heart<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">once again<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My all in all,\u00a0my everything<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">With abandon I have come<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">to meet You here<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Be exalted<\/span><\/em><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Be exalted<\/span><\/em><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In my life above all else<\/span><\/em><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Be lifted up<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My eyes have seen<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your majesty<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Filled with wonder<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now my soul must sing<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There is only\u00a0one true God<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Who is holy<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are holy\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aT4_1QDV3u8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center>\u00a0Singer \/ Songwriter: Ben Cantelon (along with Mia Fieldes, Jason\u00a0Ingram)<\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Bible, there are many, many, many records of those who truly exalted God in their hearts and with their words of praise and through their actions!<\/p>\n<p>A few who quickly come to my mind are,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus<\/li>\n<li>David<\/li>\n<li>Esther<\/li>\n<li>Moses<\/li>\n<li>Job<\/li>\n<li>Paul<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But one example that I just love is Mary, the mother of our Lord. \u00a0Oh, what a heart she had! \u00a0She is a great standard for having the right type of heart and life. Mary was so very humble! \u00a0(Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=luke+1%3A38&amp;version=AMP;NASB;ESV;KJ21;NLT\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 1:38<\/a>.) \u00a0Her pure and praise-filled heart for her God is shown in many ways. \u00a0One illustration is found recorded in Luke chapter 1. \u00a0Upon hearing her cousin Elizabeth confirm what the Angel Gabriel had told to Mary, she was filled with praise! Listen to these words of hers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And Mary said: \u201cMy soul exalts the Lord,<br \/>\nAnd my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.<br \/>\nFor He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave;<br \/>\nFor behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.<br \/>\nFor the Mighty One has done great things for me;<br \/>\nAnd holy is His name.<br \/>\nAnd His mercy is upon generation after generation<br \/>\nToward those who fear Him.<br \/>\nHe has done mighty deeds with His arm;<br \/>\nLuke 1:46-50<\/p>\n<p>And she continues in her praise to exalt her God, the Almighty One. \u00a0But what does it mean to \u2018exalt\u2019 God? \u00a0One reference I checked, defines <strong><em>exalt<\/em> <\/strong>as<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXALT<\/strong>&#8216;, v.t. egzolt&#8217;. Low L. exalto; ex and altus, high.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To raise high; to elevate.<\/li>\n<li>To elevate in power, wealth, rank or dignity; as, to exalt one to a throne, to the chief magistracy, to a bishopric.<\/li>\n<li>To elevate with joy or confidence; as, to be exalted with success or victory. We now use elate.<\/li>\n<li>To raise with pride; to make undue pretensions to power, rank or estimation; to elevate too high or above others.<\/li>\n<li>To elevate in estimation and praise; to magnify; to praise; to extol.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We can see through these definitions and practical usages of the word <em><strong>exalt\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>that clearly it is to \u2018raise&#8230;elevate&#8230;magnify&#8230;praise&#8230;extol.\u2019 \u00a0And it is easy to see how and why our God is <strong>THE One<\/strong> to be exalted! \u00a0As Ben Cantelon sings, \u2018You alone and no one else, be lifted up!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The following psalm suggests another important perspective to <em><strong>exalt<\/strong> <\/em>that includes our own bowing down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Lord is king!<br \/>\nLet the nations tremble!<br \/>\nHe sits on His throne between the cherubim.<br \/>\nLet the whole earth quake!<br \/>\nThe Lord sits in majesty in Jerusalem,<br \/>\nexalted above all the nations.<br \/>\nLet them praise Your great and awesome name.<br \/>\nYour name is holy!<br \/>\nMighty King, lover of justice,<br \/>\nYou have established fairness.<br \/>\nYou have acted with justice<br \/>\nand righteousness throughout Israel.<br \/>\nExalt the Lord our God!<br \/>\nBow low before His feet, for He is holy!<br \/>\nPsalms 99:1-5<\/p>\n<p>Notice in verse 5 the difference between the two exclamations made: \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Exalt<\/span><\/em> the LORD our God!\u201d is given in comparison to \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bow low<\/span> <\/em>before His feet.\u201d \u00a0In studying this verse and looking at the Hebrew words used, I read that the word translated as \u201c<em>bow low<\/em>\u201d is one of the basic Hebrew words for worship. \u00a0Literally it means \u201cto bow low\u201d or \u201cto prostrate\u201d oneself before and worshipping a sovereign, a king.<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t you say this could apply to how we can exalt God, figuratively, by not only by raising our voices in praise to Him, but also by humbly bowing low before Him in worship. \u00a0Truly, \u00a0at times, we <em>are<\/em> literally bowing before God as a response to His incredible and awesome greatness! \u00a0This physical act can help our hearts to humbly bow before Him. \u00a0But whether we kneel or are prostrate on our faces before God or not, we can exalt Him within our hearts as we recognize and praise, \u201cBe exalted&#8230;in my life above all else, be lifted up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>May our prayer and our praise be to always exalt Almighty God whether we be standing with arms raised in praise, or singing joyfully out our praises, or kneeling humble before Him, or flat out before Him in submission to Him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.<br \/>\nMy life makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble and afflicted hear and be glad.<br \/>\nO magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.<br \/>\nPsalms 34:1-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stand in awe\u00a0of who You areYou have overwhelmed my heartonce againMy all in all,\u00a0my everythingWith abandon I have cometo meet You here Be exaltedBe exaltedIn my life above all elseBe lifted up My eyes have seenYour majestyFilled with wonderNow my soul must singThere is only\u00a0one true GodWho is holyYou are holy\u00a0 &nbsp; \u00a0Singer \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[6959,6957,235,6962,1287,425,6961,6963,628,4645,6964,3548,6960,4932,1149,6965],"class_list":["post-21042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-be-exalted","tag-ben-cantelon","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-exalt-him","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-humble-submission","tag-kneeling","tag-luke-138","tag-luke-146-50","tag-prostrate","tag-psalms-341-3","tag-psalms-991-5","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-worship","tag-worshipping","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-exalted","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21042"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21057,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21042\/revisions\/21057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}