Worship

"Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
    Worship the Lord with gladness.
    Come before him, singing with joy.
Acknowledge that the Lord is God!
    He made us, and we are his.
    We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
    go into his courts with praise.
    Give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good.
    His unfailing love continues forever,
    and his faithfulness continues to each generation."  Psalm 100

The people of promise (the seed of Abraham) sang this psalm and all the other psalms, and in fact they sang their jewish scriptures as well, either privately or collectively in their places of worship.

Us, the grafted children of promise do the same thing as we sing songs of praise and worship using the same words from these psalms and our scriptures, or new songs that we sing spontaneously.

And the reason we can do so is because of one thing. It is because we know who we are worshiping and we know who our God is. He is the One True God. And we are His children. He is our ever loving  Abba Father.

I don't know of any other thing for which we should praise Him, in fact I do not know of any other reason to do so. And if you need to know, we really cannot worship Him who we do not know. And this is precisely why first time visitors or those who have yet to know Him, could not and would not be able to understand why we sing in church like we do, and if they do, they feel uncomfortable or awkward. 

Now if we think worship is that "slow" song we sing at church during that part of the worship service typically called as "praise and worship" then we are also missing the point of worship. Worship is not a particular type of song, as it is not a once a week thing either.

Worship is precisely that as written in our scriptures, which tells us to "worship in Spirit and truth". Now one of the more common external manifestations of worship is when we come together and pour out our love for him through playing musical instruments, dancing and singing to Him songs of praise and adoration. And gathering together at least once a week gives us that opportunity to do so, collectively. If you have not really poured yourself out by being totally immersed in the spirit of worship during these "worship services" then you are either missing out of one of the most important events of your week, or that you totally have yet to understand the real meaning of worship, or worse you do not really know who you are worshiping.

Today, I exhort you brothers and sisters in Christ, to really know who He is that we are worshiping and to totally get lost in the spirit of worship, either in the privacy of your home, while driving to and from place A to place B, while walking, while doing your daily tasks and also collectively, when we come together in a safe place where we gather together week in and week out.

Worship, get it down right. And be right with the One True God, not for show, not to actively ask for a favor or any other reason we may have, but to really open up your heart and worship Him who is worthy of our praise and adoration.