| Daily Thought — April
18, 2008 |
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| LIVING THE
SOLUTION WITH DAILY INSPIRATION |
It’s
who you are and the way you live that counts before
God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit
of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father
is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly
themselves before Him in their worship. God is sheer
being itself – Spirit. Those who worship him
must do it out of their very being, their spirits,
their true selves, in adoration. (John 4:23-24 — The
Message)
What do you think touches God’s
heart more, the endless singing of believers on any given
weekend rendering a chorus of “Shout to the Lord” or “Your
Love Oh Lord” or a missionary in some Third world
country sacrificially serving and meeting the needs of
others in hopes of being able to tell them why they do
it? In truth, it is both. Worship is more than a song or
a prayer. Worship is a way of life; it is anything that
we do, out of a response to God for who He is and what
He has done, that points us and others to Him or brings
Him glory.
Our worship should and must be real; it must be a response
to who God is and for what He has done for us. Our worship
is our offering of our love for God. It is all about Him,
it’s not about us. Even if we have had a tough week
we can still praise God because He is God. We can still
praise Him because He loves us. Our worship needs to be
unrestrained. How can we worship out of spontaneity if
we hold back how we really feel, trying to make our worship “dignified”.
As King David said to his wife, who was chastising him
for the way he behaved when the ark of God came into Jerusalem, “woman
I will become more undignified than this when if comes
to my worship of my God”.
Be real in your worship. Shout, jump, clap your hands,
dance, kneel, lay down flat on your face if you want to,
do what is in your heart in your response to who God is
and what He has done for you. Worship Him in spirit and
truth.
Live intentionally, purposely, free and with passion,
Pete Reinbold
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