Worship HIM

                                       Image result for psalm 95 1-7There are  many interpretations of what it means to worship God. Some people bow down, others lay on their face, some people lift their hands or close their eyes.  Some people worship by singing or dancing.  To me worship can be all of these things.  The point of my worship is to reflect on the character and identity of God and show him my love for him.  I can do that with a drawing or in a moment of meditation.  Sometimes I worship in my dreams. 

Worship is especially important to me when I am struggling to understand what is happening in my life or the world around me.  As I remind myself of who God is, it helps me to put pain, loss, disappointment in it's proper place.  My God is not ill equipped or caught off guard by any happening.  His word has the power to bring life or death in an instant, and he loves me.  I have nothing to worry about in this world when I remember who God is and how he loves me.  On my worst day God is still God. 

Worship is me recognizing that I am in the presence of greatness, and as I honor God he responds.   The God who created everything, including me, allows me to approach him whenever I feel like it.  That is amazing.  How could I not worship him?  I am grateful to be able to approach God's throne of grace.  Even if I am concerned about something, the fact that he let's me come to him is overwhelming enough that sometimes I forget to make a request.  In those moments God hears my heart and he soothes me with his word.  Scripture comes to me while I worship and it comforts me.  God participates in my worship with me and it's amazing.  Sometimes I feel like he's singing or dancing with me.  In those moments I am singing and dancing with the King of all existence.  There is nothing like it.  I am humbled and changed in these moments.  One touch from God is life changing, and I get that when I worship.  As I focus on God, he focuses on me.


Another great thing about worship is that it is not dependent on skills or circumstances.  Tone deaf people can sing in worship, and you can dance for the Lord with "two left feet" and your worship will make God smile. No rehearsed skill can replace authentic worship, and no deficiency disqualifies you from worshiping.  God simply want us to worship him in spirit and in truth. (see John 4:23-24) Worship isn't about what is happening in my life or some great thing that God has done either.  Worship is strictly about who God is, and he is unchanging.  It would be hard for me to thank God for blessing me when I've just lost everything (although it wouldn't be a lie that I was blessed even then).  In this moment though it is just as true that God is good.  When I don't feel blessed God is still good, and when I am at my worst God still loves me.  When I am not for him, God is still for me.  God is honest, faithful, loving, forgiving, pure, kind.  These things don't ever change.  So, I can worship through any negative events in my life  and I mean it.  I can say "God I am devastated right now, but you are faithful still. I will trust in your faithfulness". That is a moment of honest worship for me.  Life doesn't have to be perfect for me to be able to worship, and I don't have to be perfect either.   


I encourage and implore you to worship every day.  Take time to think about who God is and let God know that you recognize his greatness.  God loves our worship.  Worship him, and see the wonders it will do for your relationship with God. 




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