Selah

Maybe you've heard us allude to the term "Selah." What IS it? Some kind of inside thing? Well, not really.

If you check the book of Psalms in the Bible, you'll find psalms (ancient Hebrew songs) with the word "Selah" interspersed here and there between the lyrics. "Lift up your heads, O gates, and lift them up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. (Selah.)" (Psalm 24:9,10 NASB)

Most Bible experts believe that "Selah" meant "pause." In other words, "Stop and think." Or a better way to put it, "Stop and savor." Sometimes a Psalm leads us to stop and savor the majesty of God. Sometimes we stop and think about the things he's done. But that was an important part of these ancient songs--the moment when you stop--and savor.

So the ladies of our Bible study have come to think of our weekly time together as a "Selah" to our week. The evening we stop--savor God's word for a while--and go back to our week.

Maybe Jomama, who has taught on the "Selah," would like to comment.

-Godseeker