April 23, 2023

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Unfortunately, much of Christianity has a very narrow understanding of worship. That worship is confined to that part of the Sunday service where we sing. Or that we haven’t really worshiped unless we have a strong emotional response to a “worship experience.” Worship is so much more and the best way to understand all that worship entails is to simplify its definition. Worship is the practice of being with God.  In John 4:23 Jesus tells us the Father seeks worshipers. In his book, Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster defines worship as, “. . . our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father.” The more you hear the heart of God from His Word and understand the depths of His love for you, the deeper and more intimate your worship of Him will be. 

The Devil is a sneaky guy who wants to prevent the Christian from experiencing true intimacy with God, so he does his utmost to fill our lives with everything else but being with God. As we develop the habit of being with God we need to consider making room in our lives for times of solitude, to come apart from all the noise of this world and simply be with God. This Sunday we will spend some time in Psalm 27 where David says he will “inquire in the beauty of the Lord.” In an art museum benches are placed in front of the works of art to afford the museum guests a place to fully inquire to the beauty of the art. The world we live in, including nature and our fellow humans, are God’s creation. It is through those we will see the beauty of God, if we will only take the time to be with God. Join us this Sunday as we continue our Healthy Habits Campaign with understanding how worship needs to be a regular habit of our lives. 

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