I'm privileged to be preaching this week and I'm looking forward to it. I've been thinking a lot lately about worship. A good friend and mentor of mine, Loyd Naten, wrote an article a month or two ago about worship and I've been thinking about it ever since.
It's funny how "worship" has been redefined over the years. Some people think that worship always involves music and singing. We even call the part of our Sunday services when we sing, "Praise and Worship". Can't we sing and play music without worshiping?
In looking for a picture for this blog entry, a huge majority of pictures representing worship showed people with their hands lifted up. Are we worshiping every time we stretch and lift our hands over our heads? I would contend that we can even go to church without worshiping.
God is seeking for us to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth and that takes more than just an action or being at a particular place. Bro. Naten states, "a personal encounter with the living God" is what enables us to worship the way God calls us to.
Do you have any thoughts about worship you'd like to share? Maybe I'll use them in my sermon tomorrow.
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One of my favorite quotes about worship came from Jack Hayford.
"Worship changes the worshiper into the image of the One worshiped"
I have skimmed over that quote so
many times and it's so true.
I can tell even in my own self when I haven't spent time with God and truly not worshiped Him.
A "flyby" I think is what pastor calls it. Fly into church or daily life and do the actions but not really spending time with Him..
But... I so know when my heart has NOT done the flyby... My heart and actions are so influxed with Him and I am so different..so infilled.
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