Worship

Worship
I recently stumbled on the website for Faith Venture Church in Commerce City, CO. From there I followed a link to a beautiful video put together by Dale Butler their Lead Pastor. I suggest you watch the video yourself. Click Here for Worship Video However, I have taken the liberty of repeating the text here because it is such a great explanation of what worship should be. Worship Worship is a huge thing. We look forward to worship each week. When the music includes one of our favorites, we say, "The worship was great!" When the music stinks, we yawn and wonder why the worship wasn't very good. We leave churches because of the "worship style". Worship is a huge thing Have you ever wondered it we're more concerned with what worship does FOR us and less concerned with the Object of our worship? It seems like it's more about what we GET not what we GIVE. It would be like taking a gift to a friend's birthday party, but keeping it for ourselves. Worship is all about GIVING our lives (again) to God. Worship is not about the feelings we receive when we sing. Worship is not about convincing God to bless us. Worship is not about whether or not the guitar is too loud. Worship is not about what's happening on the stage. Worship is not about entertainment, lighting, or sound. Worship is not about us at all. IT'S NOT ABOUT US. It's about Him. And we enter through the gateway of the cross. At the cross, we surrender love cry dream give up shut up kneel confess We look at God, and place Him above all else because He is worth it! Life gets crazy and painful. No one can deny that. JOB STRESS DIVORCE DEATH ADDICTIONS PARENTING LONELINESS No one is asking you to pretend that those things aren't affecting you. DON'T PRETEND You're just being invited to bring that stuff to the cross, and to simply gaze at Jesus. And as you look at Him, allow your response to be worship
Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the LORD our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today! (Psalm 95:6–7 NLT)
Father, forgive me when I come to worship and think more about what is going on than kneeling at the foot of the cross. Help me to bring all my difficulties, all my sorrows, all to You. And then help me to truly worship You in mind, heart and spirit. Amen.
Questions for consideration... What did I think about most the last time I went to a worship service? Did I let the events — music, singing, prayers, preaching — get in the way of my true worship? During worship how can I concentrate more on You and less on the mechanics of the service? What do I think might happen if I truly worshipped You and concentrated less on the service?