Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Worship...

So what exactly is worship?



Just the word conjures up all kinds of images in people's minds.



For some people, it's dancing and singing. For others it's silence and candles. For still others, it's chanting and incense.



So... what is worship? And who gets to decide what is the right way to worship?



One thing I think that we miss so often is the fact that only the One being worshipped has the right to determine how He should be worshipped. We don't get to decide what is right or wrong... He does.



I've heard people make the comment (referring to worship) "well, that's just not my personality". I'm just a quiet person.. or I'm just a loud person.. etc. It seems that we are deciding on our own what pleases God, rather than going to God to see what pleases Him and then submitting ourselves to that.



As I'm thinking about this, the story of Cain and Abel comes to mind. One wanted to worship God his own way... one was obedient. And the one who wanted to do it "on his own" became furious... so much so that he would do anything, including kill his brother, so that he would be "right". After all, if there's no one doing anything else-- then our way is the "only way", right?



So... what does God say is the right way to come to Him? Or is there only one way? (I'm starting here with the assumption that the only way to God is through His Son, Jesus Christ). But... in that coming to the Father, how should we approach Him in worship?



I did a study many years ago specifically on expressions of worship in scripture. Maybe I'll post that here soon.



But first... before even trying to look at techniques, I think we have to look at the bigger issue. Are we trying to come to Him on our terms, or on His? Are we trying to do things our way, or His way?



Maybe it's not really Him we're worshipping. If we're insisting on doing things our own way, then maybe it's really ourselves we're worshipping and we just don't know the difference.





1 comments:

Moriah Conquering Wind said...

Worship bes what emerges through you when you bes ravished inside by spirit what makes you helpless in adoration.

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