“I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.” Psalm 63:4 NIV
David wrote these words to God as a way of telling God how thankful he was for God’s unchanging love. In the earlier verses, David finds himself in the wilderness running from men chasing him. During that time, he becomes tired, thirsty and hungry, so he uses those experiences as a way of describing to God how much he desired to praise Him and communicate with Him. David had a special relationship with God, his heart was wanting what God wanted.
Because David’s heart was for God, he wanted to praise God, and he talks about raising his hands in the name of the Lord. One position of worship that individuals used in Biblical times was raising their hands towards the heavens. It didn’t matter if they were standing, sitting or kneeling, raising their hands was a way that they praised God. There are people who use that same posture of worship and praise now.
Wanting to be expressive while you are praising God is a wonderful way to worship Him. It doesn’t matter what position you are in, where you are or who is around you, when you have the desire to worship God there should be nothing that holds you back. So go ahead and sing, dance and lift your hands if that is how you want to praise our wonderful God.