How was worship today? It is a question we are asked to present to ourselves each and every day. Often times when I get home and finally settle in I am asked the question, “How was work today?” I bet you’ve been asked that question before. It may not have been just like that, but something similar. “What did you do today?” “How are things at the office?” etc. Many people may have thought when they read the first question, “How was worship today?" I was talking about Sunday. Nope! How was your worship today? What are we living for in this world?

If we are living a God-filled life we are living to worship. What is the grand story in which you were meant to participate? It is a story of the ages, the meaning behind your life, the purpose for which you were born: you were made to be a worshiper. All too often we think it is enough to be religious, or just a believer. That’s a great start, but it is not good enough! We are called to be people who day in and day out are worshipers, someone whose life is a daily sacrifice in the hands of an unseen Priest. You were made to be a fragrant offering presented with joyful abandon to serve a history-changing purpose much greater than that of your own well being. The scripture is clear: “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” (1 Peter 2:9) We are chosen to be worshipers! This means you are not just saved to escape the things that keep you stuck in this worldly existence. Thank God that happens too, but you are also saved so that you can become a worshiper.

If somehow we find ourselves Christian, but not whole-hearted worshipers, something is terribly wrong. If the majority of our people on Sunday morning are passive worshipers, we must be concerned. We are called to worship God every day. We are not called to attend something to check it off our list, but to be in an attitude of worship at all times, giving thanks to God the Father. How would it change your life if at all times in your work, play, family times, and rest you were worshipping? This is the life we are called to have. Let us stop putting on Christ as shield, or jacket and let us worship Christ as an act of living. I have heard it said that we are to put on the full armor of God every morning and yet this implies at sometime in the previous day we have shed the armor of God. Worship is an unending attitude of adoration which is in us, with us, and should exude from us in all things. So, how is your worship today?

On the Journey together,
Kirk