Worship

Worship

Psalm 22:  But thou art Holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel!

Is Worship something we attend or something we do?  Of course the topic of Worship can be a huge Bible Study unto itself.  But I just want to make a few points and ask a few questions.

Have we put the Worship of God in a box?  Can we only worship God at an appointed time?  Can we only worship God with a certain way?  Don’t get me wrong I totally believe in verses 24 and 25 of Hebrews Chapter 10. 

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works.  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.

But, I ask again!  Is Worship something we attend or something we do?  I will say it is something we do.  Worship is a lifestyle!  As in Chapter 4 of the Gospel of John, Jesus has his encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well.  The topic of Worship comes up and Jesus says to the Samaritan woman “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship him.  God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

What Jesus is focusing on here is the “Motive” of our worship.  If we are truly worshiping God in spirit and in truth then our worship is coming from a heart full of gratitude.   Worship is a time where we pour our heart out to God in gratitude, thanksgiving, awe, repentance and love to him.   This kind of worship can happen anytime and anywhere.  

In Psalm 22 we read the Lord inhabits the praises of Israel or his people.   The word inhabits here establishes that God will sit down with us or he will dwell among us as we worship him.   What a blessing to sit in the presence of God as we praise him and he comes and communions with us. 

May our hearts be pure and may we worship with pure motives as we worship God in the way he asks us to.   James 4:10 says “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he will lift you up”.

In Christ,

Dale A. Jennings