Worship is a Sweet Smelling Incense

Exodus 30:34-38 - God directly teaches Moses onby God and that ascend before God as sweet
how to create pure and holy incense which was tosmelling incense. This Holy incense was not to be
be holy and pure of which worship is. Worship ismade by anyone in the camp, it was to be made of
supposed to be pure and holy, this incense was toequal proportions of each ingredient, so is worship it
be made from very rare ingredients which are:is a sum of several ingredients like brokenness, praise
1. Stacte - which is the sap from a tree and itpurity before God and the anointing of God.
represents oozing out as droplets which shows thatThis incense of worship burnt all day in the tabernacle
the word of God which is stored inside of us shouldso is worship is supposed to burn in our hearts all day
oozes out of us in worship.and night because we offer incense, a sweet smelling
2. Onycha- a sweet smelling shell found on the shoressavory to God when we worship. This incense was
of the Red Sea in the Indian Ocean the shell ismixed daily just as we give God worship daily
grinded to produce a powder. In worship onychabecause it's a lifestyle not something we do on a
represents brokenness and we talked aboutSunday. Morning afternoon and night we offer God
brokenness last week.worship that is due his Name.
3. Galbanum- juice of a shrub which grows in Africa,All these ingredients were all precious and imported
Arabia and India it was what held together theform various regions as they were rare in Israel.
incense that was offered to God daily and continuallyBrokenness, purity, holiness, praise and the word of
in the tabernacle.God are qualities that we have to work on; these
4. Pure Frankincense- an aromatic gum that comesqualities are rare today in worship and God wants us
from a tree in India which is precious and it speaks ofto take them in daily these qualities have to be
purity, to overcome, to shout as a shout of praise. Itsought after. All these ingredients make up an
means to be joyful and to be full of praiseincense that will come before God daily and unto god
All these ingredients are qualities that are required ofthat is acceptable worship.