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Monday, June 15, 2009

The Wonder of Worship

Worship is ALL about God. I've known this since quite some time ago. However, only recently have I really been making a conscious effort to ensure that i put this knowledge into practice. Many times I evaluated worship based on how much of a touch I received from God. When i did not feel any kind of sensation from God, I would focus myself so much in order to receive that touch. Many times I did receive that touch but ended up missing the whole point. Worship is about giving. Have I ever thought about worship in that way? Not until recently to be honest. Worship is the time for us to give God thanks, praise & glory for what He has done for us. Now stop and think about it and you will realise that what He has done for us is just about every single thing in our lives. What we have today is because of Him. Where we are in life is because of Him. Who we are as a person is because of Him. The sooner we realise and accept this, the sooner we will be in awe of him to an extent that worshiping God and GIVING him thanks, praise & glory becomes our focus. It becomes the main event. We have to move away from the consumer-oriented mindset which is always focusing on what we can gain for ourselves. When we realise the significance of worship it will become something that is important to us. When that is the case we will prepare for it. When we prepare for things we call always do those things better and God deserves nothing less than the best from us.

One thing that really hit me through the sermon was this statement: "Sunday's worship is a result of the weekdays' walk with God". How true this is. When we choose to walk counter culturally, every time we behave radically for God, we are preparing ourselves for worship. Everytime we put into practice the things that we have learnt, we are preparing ourselves for worship. Worship is not just the songs we sing, the way we behave can also be a form of worshiping God. If we think of worship as just the 20 min segment that starts off the service on sunday, we are getting it all wrong. Everyday there are ample oppotunities to see God working in our lives and to be in just absolute awe of him. We got to learn to worship God 7 days a week and not just on sundays. When worship goes off track, our spiritual lives follow suit. Worship at it heart is GOD-CENTRED not human-centred. I have learnt so much more about worship recently and on sunday God just hammered in the thought that were floating around. God just works in awesome ways people. Discover Him for yourself!

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