4.15.2009
"If we are going to worship in Spirit, we must develop a spirit of worship." -Michael Catt
Lesson #2: Worship Is More Than Just Music
I love my wife. She is the best thing that has ever happen to me besides Jesus. She's amazing. We talk, go for walks, ride bikes, have family days, make babies (yeah, I said it). We're head over heels in love. But, in our society love is totally equated with sex and physical intimacy. Anyone who has been married for any length of time knows that is a very small slice of the love puzzle.
You do things for your spouse, you court and wow your spouse, acts of service, words of affirmation, loving touch (not in a "I want to get some, I have an agenda kind of way")... these kinds of things and more are how we show our love for our significant other. It's a great way to look at the different ways we show God our love.
Sometimes we sing to Him. Other times we serve at the local church, or abroad in our community. We pray to God, read about Him in the Bible, talk about Him to other people, live as an example of what it means to follow Jesus. These are all acts of worship.
It's not just about singing.
When worship becomes simply about music & singing we've missed the boat on what worship was truly intended to be. It's an outpouring of our hearts. It's actions & our inner most feelings about God pointed directly to God. That's why I love the quote at the top of the page. Our spirit, the place where God fills inside of us when we accept Him, needs to embrace talking to, singing to, serving for, living for, sharing about, eat-sleep-breathing about the one and only God who loves us.
Next Up- "Worship can't be thrown together, it has to be excellent."
J-del *over and out*