Lifting
of Our Hands
“Let
my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the
evening sacrifice.” Psalm 141:2
Rather than the morning and evening
animal sacrifices, David writes in this Psalm about the sacrifice of lifting up
of his hands. This represented the
position of yieldedness, or surrender, to God.
In 1 Timothy 2:8, men were encouraged to “pray everywhere, with the lifting of holy hands…” There are parallels between Psalm 141:2
and Psalm 134, which reads: “Behold,
bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who by night stand in the house
of the LORD! Lift up your hands in the
sanctuary, and bless the LORD. The LORD
who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion!”
The priests of the tabernacle of Moses offered burnt offerings and
incense every evening.
Even though David had empty hands, his
heart was full of love for the Lord. God
accepted David’s prayer as incense rising and his heart of love and surrender
as the evening sacrifice. May our
prayers, our hearts, and our uplifted hands be a pleasing sacrifice unto the
Lord, day and night.
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