Psalms 47:1 says, "O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph" (KJV). Regardless to what form or style we are accustomed in worship, clapping your hands is not only Biblical but can even be needful on certain occasions.
We applause following an entertaining show. We clap are our hands when someone is receiving an award. The Hebrew word for clap means to thrust, clap, give a blow, blast.
There is a "breaking" sound, so to speak, when silence is broken with two hands striking together to form a sound. Clapping can be done soft or loud and fast or slow depending on the purpose.
Most of the time we clap during music but have you ever clapped during prayer?
There is a spiritual significance when we clap. It's that moment when His joy overtakes us and the only response is to clap much like child excited in a pleasant discovery or receiving a gift.
Isaiah 55:12 says, "For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands." (KJV). Even nature can not contain itself but to break out with song and clap their hands! Psalms 98:8 says, "Let the rivers clap their hands in glee! Let the hills sing out their songs of joy" (NLT).
This thanksgiving holiday offer the Lord a clap offering. Applause Him for all His benefits and blessing. Clap to break the atmosphere of heaviness and oppressive heat from the battle. Give Him the glory with your hands and sing songs of adoration. You will never know how hell shakes when a saint rises to his or her feet and begins to clap. The sound echoes in the halls of hell setting demons to flight.
Besides we might as well clap now because in heaven we will be doing it throughout eternity.
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