We just finished a sermon series titled, The Focus of Worship. As the title suggests, we spent four weeks looking at the subject and importance of true worship. One of the primary points of the series has been to help each of us understand what constitutes true worship. We tend to think of worship as music. We say things like, “I am headed to worship at church,” or “worship was really powerful today,” or “I did not get much out of worship today.” We have come to equate worship to a set of songs in a church service.
The reality is, worship is not about us but always about God. And worship is not a church service. I have said each week, “It is possible to have worship outside a church service – AND – it is possible to have a church service but fail to worship.” That is because worship is bowing down to the person who is God. When we let all distractions fade into a blur and focus intently and intentionally on Jesus, we are at a place of worship. When we focus completely, as best we can as humans, on who He is and what He has done, we realize Jesus is the only one worthy of our devotion, adoration and praise.
I firmly believe that when we come face to face with Jesus our only logical next step is worship. We recognize Him as God and ourselves as anything but God. We bow our desires and will to His desires and will. And we live our days as worship to Him.
How will you worship Jesus with your life today?
Clay in the Hands 