The Perfect Path to Travel on.

Pro_2:9  Then you shall understand righteousness and judgment and equity, every good path. 

Path is the word "orach"  that means; trodden road, path, rank, traveller, troop, highway. "orach" is made up from two parts "ore" (light) and "chet" (life).

The paths of YHVH are "lit up" and "brings life". We see the same in Prov 4:18 and  Psa 119:105 where it says that YHVH's Word is a lamp upon my feet and a light ("ore") upon my path ("orach"). If we now look at  Prov 2:8, we see that YHVH keeps/preserves/protects the path (light giving way that brings life) of judgment (verdict, sentence, penalty) for the Saints (someone who is holy and faithful, who has a passion to shine His Truth in this dark world).

Equity is the word "mayshar"  that means; evenness, straightness, prosperity, in agreement, to be equal, upright, uprightness.

In context with the word 'path' we have previously looked at, gives us the idea of a road that is nice and straight and even to travel on and there is enough light for you to see where you are going. This makes it the prefect road to travel on  and is to be desired. This word 'equity' (mayshar) is first used in Scripture in 1Chr 29:17 where it describes the event prior to the building of the first Temple.

1Ch 29:17  I know also, my Elohim, that You try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here to offer willingly to You.

David said that in the 'uprightness of his heart' (mayshar) he willingly offered/gave and the people gave with the same heart as well. David blessed YHVH for the people's generous hearts where they gave willingly and abundantly for the building of the House of YHVH.

This colours in the meaning of 'equity' being a straight and pleasant road to being a road that is travelled by people with giving upright hearts. Love means to give and you cannot love unless you part with something that you hold dear to your heart. YHVH showed us what perfect love is by giving His Son, Y'shua and we can return this love back to Him by firstly, giving our lives to him, giving up your "self" and this we do by doing His Will and not your own any more.

The opposite of love is not hatred, it is selfishness and self worship. Most people, especially atheists, worship them selves and everything they do revolves around their own happiness. To worship 'someone else' is to strive towards that person's happiness. Worship is not singing a song with flattery words, glorifying someone; it is doing everything in your power to please the one you worship.

Worship is the word “abad” - that means; to make, do, create, to be made into, servant, slave, worshippers, worship, work, serve.

As a Believer, to worship YHVH, you should try to do everything in your power to please Him and not yourself. Everything you do should revolve around Him and not around yourself, seeking His will and pleasure and not your own. I have seen believers in many Churches worshipping them selves instead of YHVH. How can I say this? Everything they do in Church is about them, how they feel, what they can get, having their dreams fulfilled, making their lives comfortable. It is no longer about YHVH, seeking to please Him, seeking His will in order to please Him. The sole reason they go to Church is to have a good time and to get their needs met from a giving loving God. The order is wrong, YHVH should not serve and worship us, we should serve and worship Him. Surely He will provide in all your needs but that should not be your focus or your motive.

The intensity or success of your worship will depend on how much you give yourself and please Him rather than yourself. Part of our worship towards YHVH is directed at pleasing other people and this is called "loving your neighbour". To really love someone else is to focus your efforts and time towards that person, and he/she will notice that you love him/her. Your love will only be empty flattery words (or songs of praises) if the "one you love" does not experience it in a practical sense through your time, efforts of attention. 

YHVH specifically enlightened us through His Word, which things He loves and which things He hates. If you love Him then you will focus on the things that please Him in order to make Him happy. YHVH will notice that you are trying your best to please Him and experience that as true worship that makes Him feel loved. Love is an action, it is something that flow form you outwardly to someone else, that is why you prove that you love Him through your actions, the things you do (good works/). Alarm bells goes off, blasphemy, legalist!!! How can you do things to please YHVH, how can good works gain you anything?

Remember what the real meaning of 'Worship' is; it is to work and to serve. We are not talking about salvation here where you do good works to be saved, salvation is through faith and by YHVH's Grace. We are talking about love and worship. YHVH said many times in His Word that those who love Him will DO and obey His commandments. We do this because we are saved and because we want to, not because they have to or want something in return. Perfect love does not expect anything in back. 

Deut 7:9  Therefore, know that YHVH your Elohim, He is God, the faithful Elohim who keeps covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations.

Joh 14:15  If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Joh 15:10  If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.

1Jn 5:3  For this is the love of YHVH, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.

Good works are always labelled as negative because (selfish) people try to obey the Commandments to get something in return. This makes all their efforts self worship and is not pleasing unto YHVH. It said in 1Chr 29:9 that the people gave willingly with a perfect heart.

Perfect is the word "shalem"  that means; safe, friendly, to be at peace and complete.

It is the same word as we all know as Shalom that is translated as peace. These people gave with peace and friendliness in their hearts; there were no hidden agenda like wanting something back. They gave willingly, freely, without expecting anything in return other than the presence of YHVH. They had the right motive and were at peace inside them selves, making their hearts perfect, having the right attitude of love and worship towards YHVH. 

Giving, love and worship are so closely related and cannot be separated without loosing its true meaning. The ultimate form of worship is to give yourself 100%, doing everything in your power to please YHVH and not expect anything in return, not even salvation. I think this is the love David had for YHVH. He knew he was a sinner and wanted to bless YHVH with everything in his power, knowing that it was only through YHVH's Grace that he could be saved.  His salvation was solely dependant on the love and grace of YHVH. Psa 51:1-10. David knew that he could never earn the love or salvation of YHVH, it is only because of YHVH's Love, Kindness, Mercy and Grace. This is true love and true worship and the Perfect Path to Travel on; the path of a servant, aiming to please and love His Master, expecting nothing in return.