Worship
Discipleship: February 11, 2007
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow…” Isaiah 1:18a
“Worship is about the coming of God.” (Michael Foss, Real Faith for Real Life).
Worship, like prayer, can be misunderstood. We talk about a good “worship service” or “the worship” referring to the music/praise we offer to God in a planned service, but worship is not about what we gain for ourselves in worship or even what we can give to God. Pure worship is placing ourselves before the throne of grace knowing that we bring nothing to the relationship but ourselves…and that is exactly what God wants—us.
“The sacred meeting time called worship happens when God’s Sabbath gift to us meets our reverence, and praise is our response to this giver and the gift.” (Michael Foss, Real Faith for Real Life)
Worship is the outpouring of all that we are—to God, who delights in our worship. Worship is meeting the Living God in the Sanctuary called the human heart—God’s dwelling place. Recommended reading to encourage you to give all of yourself to all of God is the following publication:
My Heart—Christ’s Home
by Robert Boyd Munger
Revised Edition 1986; Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
Suggested reflections for the week:
Reflect on what it means to let Christ reign in your heart.
Meditate on the following Scriptures and ask God to teach you to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
- 1 Chronicles 16:29
- Psalm 95:6
- Matthew 2:2
- John 4:24
- Romans 12:1
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