You are not worshipping right in any place until you worship God right in every place. If you cannot worship God in the kitchen, then you cannot worship Him audibly in the church.
- A.W. Tozer
Worship is not a spotlight focusing on one area of your life, for example your posture before God on Sunday morning. Instead, I am learning that true worship should radiate throughout a person's entire life.
Do I worship the Lord in the way that I love James?
Do I creatively approach graduate school as an invitation to worship God?
Is how I spend my time pleasing to God?
Does the way I spend my money bring glory to God?
My marriage must honor God. My time must honor God. My home must honor God. My relationships must honor God. My ministry must honor God.
I desire to be a woman in which EVERYTHING in my life revolves around my personal worship of God. Worship isn't something that I do when its convenient, its a lifestyle.
In Revelation 3, the Church of Laodicea is described as "neither hot or cold (v.16)." Rather than being lukewarm, God says that he would prefer the church to choose either one or the other. These words are very convicting. We can't worship lukewarm nor be warm in some areas of our lives and cold in others. We cannot continue to worship God at our convenience. Are you willing to pay the price to live a lifestyle of worship?
Love the post! This is why I consider my closest moments to Christ as being out in the Mountains snowboarding. Also the reason for Venture Expeditions. I love the quote from my friend Jesse - "I'm not the best singer or the most eloquent speaker. BUT! I have strong legs and strong lungs and I'm going to use them to worship the LORD."
ReplyDeleteYou guys are awesome!