Rick
Wood

What Is Worship?

As God’s kingdom of priests, we are facilitators of worship before him. Worship is giving God praise, adoration, glory, honor, devotion, and love. It is an encounter with God where there is total submission to God. Unfortunately, some Christians have developed the idea that worship is for the worshiper rather than for God. They look to see what they are getting out of worship rather than what they are bringing to a holy God in worship.

Worship is first and foremost a heart attitude. We can expect to miss meeting God if we come with pride, sin, anger, and unrepentant spirit, or neglect in our relationship with him. When our approach to God is right, then our intellect, emotions, and senses come together for a glorious meeting with God through Christ. (p. 175) 

One of the roles the man of God uses is to identify and correct man-centered worship. Like most good things, there are counterfeits in worship that do not bring people before God in an acceptable fashion. People leave entertained and motivated, but they have not tasted the Living Waters. People may have been startled by how different or unique the experience was, but they may not have come away with the words of life. In fact, true worship may leave you broken, repentant, and sorrowful – quite the opposite of the hype some have brought inside the church walls.

God will refuse to accept worship that is halfhearted or less than what he deserves. Worship that requires little of us is likewise worth little to God. Evaluate your own worship. Does your worship experience end at the close of the service, or are you usually motivated to change or take action because of your encounter with God? (p. 177) 

Copied from The Man God Uses, by Henry and Tom Blackaby

 

 

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