Worship

I know posts have been a little thin lately. My apologies. I am getting this schedule ironed out.

I have been reading about worship lately. What is it? What does it mean? What constitutes proper worship? Here is the best definition I have found.

Worship is submitting our whole self in response to God's initiative.

On a Sunday morning service, one can go through the motions. One can perform all of the rituals, say the liturgy perfectly and sing every song in harmony, but if the self, the spirit and soul is not submitted and actively engaged with the Living God, one has not worshipped.

Worship is an internal reality that produces external results. (Did you know that sitting is never mentioned in the Bible as a position of worship. Standing, kneeling and lying prostrate are all covered, but not sitting.) If we merely focus on the external facet of worship, we miss the whole thing. The struggle is in the inner life, the position of our hearts before Almighty God.

In youth group on Wednesday night we watched a video on the fear of the Lord. It was good. Here is a teaching that would help many find the proper position for their hearts before God. Sure, it sounds old school, but that doesn't make it untrue.

For those that think things through I have this to say. Yes, daily life (work, family, play) can all be worship when you are fully yielded to him. I wonder if this is what Paul meant when he said to "pray without ceasing?" I rather think so, but getting to that point will be a work of grace indeed.