Skip to main content

 WHAT DO YOU WORSHIP?

Did you know that you can subtly begin to worship your worship. Worshiping God is that place where our thoughts and affections are refocused, not on how we feel at the moment, but on the Lord, Himself.

Worship can never save us. It is the One we worship Who is the Lord of Life, our salvation, and He alone is worthy of our worship. He alone is worthy of praise and obedience. If our focus in worship is the performance of our liturgy, whatever that form may be, then our worship has become an idol and not a means of seeking the Face of the Lord simply because of Who He is.

In worship, we are washed by His Word, our vision is lifted beyond ourselves, and the Holy Spirit does His work of life-change as we are brought by grace into His Presence to bless and adore Him Who has loved us out of our death and brought us into His Life.

Worshipping well requires no vestments, no hymnody or praise team, no buildings (though they may assist us in refocusing our hearts). What is needed is a gathering of followers of Jesus Christ who are set to meet with the Lord, offer Him our thanks and praise, acknowledge our absolute dependance upon Him, offer honest confession and embrace His forgiveness, hear His Word read and proclaimed, come to His Table being reminded that Christ has died, Christ is Risen and Christ will come again, receiving His Presence in the figures of bread and wine, His covenant meal where He is both the Host and the Substance.

Worship can happen under a tree or in a cathedral if the focus of God's people is on the Lord, Himself. The Lord makes Himself real to us that our hearts will be yielded and submitted to Him, and Him alone.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

  PRAYER Jesus Christ NEVER taught on what we call "unanswered prayer." James wrote that a divided loyalty between trusting the Lord God for life and at the same time relying on the world's systems to get what you want will result in you not getting anything from God you may have prayed about. God will never reinforce the unbelief that flows from divided loyalty. THAT is not unanswered prayer. That is God saying, "No." to your request. God saying, "No." to your requests is not unanswered prayer. It is His grace. His "No" is just what I would want if I knew what He knows. The Lord also answers with, "Not now; not yet." because we are not yet prepared to receive what we think we need. God works in us both to will and to do His good pleasure. If I am praying for something God wants to do in me and the Holy Spirit is working in me preparing me to receive what God has in store, His "Not yet." is NOT unanswered prayer. As we see...
Post a Comment
Read more
 HEBREWS 10:1-2, 10-18 "The sacrifices under that system ( the Old Covenant) were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came to worship.   If they could have provided perfect cleansing, the sacrifices would have stopped, for the worshipers would have been purified once for all time, and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared.   For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.  Under the Old Covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins.   But our High Priest offered Himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then He sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.   There He waits until His enemies are humbled and made a footstool under His feet.   For by that one offering He forever m...
Post a Comment
Read more
  From Oswald Chambers today: "If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He doesn’t ask you to make it right; He only asks you to accept the light of truth, and then He will make it right. A child of the light will confess sin instantly and stand completely open before God. But a child of the darkness will say, “Oh, I can explain that.” When the light shines and the Spirit brings conviction of sin, be a child of the light. Confess your wrongdoing, and God will deal with it. If, however, you try to vindicate yourself, you prove yourself to be a child of the darkness. What is the proof that carnality has gone? Never deceive yourself; when carnality is gone you will know it— it is the most real thing you can imagine. And God will see to it that you have a number of opportunities to prove to yourself the miracle of His grace. The proof is in a very practical test. You will find yourself saying, “If this had happened before, I would have had the spirit of resentment!”...
Post a Comment
Read more