Wasted Worship

Sunday morning as we were singing in church, I started thinking about worshipping* God. I realized that lately, unfortunately, I've really just been going through the motions. Worshiping God is much more than just singing the words on the screen. It's meditating on the meaning of the words. Focusing on God's magnificence. Enjoying His presence. Crying out to Him. Begging for more of Him in my life - and so much more. For me, the whole sum of my relationship with God is able to be expressed through worship. If I haven't been spending time with Him lately, or have a sin in my life, I don't give all of myself to Him. Now, it's not about having a good "God" feeling, all warm and tingly. Worship is an expression of yourself to God, as well as God's self to you. During worship I am giving myself to Him. Worship does not have to be "raise your hands and dance around", but it does have to be from the heart and not just the lips. To honor God through worship we must focus our thoughts on God, rather than the events of the past week or coming day. Before service starts I like to take a few moments to think about God so my mind is in the right place. Is your worship wasted?


*For the purposes of this post worship is used to reference singing.