Most people believe worship is that special hour on a Sunday morning when Christians gather to sing, pray and dig into the Word of God. While that is so very true, that hour is only 1/24 of 1/7 of our worship. Some of us believe we have this metaphorical click board and in order to worship, we are checking things off as “done”. I showed up on Sunday morning: check. I sang some songs: check. I put money in the plate: check. I’ve “worshipped” today.
But Jesus says if you are just checking boxes and your heart is not in the right place, your worship doesn’t even get to God (Matthew 15:1-9). See, true worship is a beautiful reflection of your heart toward God. So, with my heart in the right place, how do we express our worship to an incredible, amazing, awesome God?
Sometimes, we bow in reverence. There are times when I’m overwhelmed with what God has done for me and it puts me on my knees. Psalms 95:6, “Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker.”
Sometimes we life our hands in adoration. In our culture, lifted hands can mean surrender or victory. When we say “yes” to Jesus, our surrender to him means we have the victory. See Psalms 63:4
Sometimes we offer a sacrifice of praise. “Let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name” Hebrews 13:15. Even when I don’t see him or feel him, I worship him because my worship is based on my circumstances. It’s based on his character.
My favorite reminder of what worship is and when I should worship is found in Romans 12:1 where Paul says, “I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.” Worship is an every day event, not just on Sunday mornings.
When I am doing my chores, I am worshipping. When I’m loving my spouse or raising my kids, I’m worshipping. When I’m helping my neighbor, I am worshiping. Worship is not confined to Sunday AM service but it’s every single day of my life.
We live a worshipful life every day of the week because of what Jesus Christ has done for us. We serve an awesome God. He deserves our very lives on Sunday, on Tuesday night, on Saturday morning. So, live each day in a worshipful posture to an almighty God. Blessings on the journey.