Words on Worship

To worship the Lord is our primary responsibility in life.  Worship is loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.  Many of us express our worship to the Lord by way of song.  And over the last 20 years or so, we have witnessed a sort of worship revolution in our churches.  This is due in large part because of the many wonderful songwriters and singers who have delivered new expressions of worship to the platforms of our churches.  Many of these songs are simply scripture put to music, so even thought the sound is new, the message is ancient and true.  I encourage...

When God called Moses to deliver His people from slavery in Egypt, Moses gave a typical response. "Me? I don't think I’m up to this task. Isn't there someone else?"   God promised Moses His presence would be with Him. But Moses wanted something more, something tangible. Now fast forward to Mt. Sinai. Moses has delivered the people from Egypt and he is up on that mountain receiving God's handwritten ten commandments.  Down below the people have rebelled and the Lord is furious!  But Moses intercedes on their behalf and God decides to spare the people with one exception. His presence will no...

We all worship something or someone. I believe it is safe to say we worship that which we live for.  And we live for that which we worship. We are created beings and have a natural inclination, a built-in desire to worship something or someone.  The problem is, many of us get that confused and end up worshiping a creation of some sort rather that the Creator Himself.  But the purpose of worship is so you and I can fulfill our purpose in life.  We were created to worship God.  We were made to live for Him and enjoy Him forever.  He deserves it.  He is the giver...

The story goes that one morning a young boy approached his father and asked him "What does heaven look like?"  His father responded and said: "This afternoon while you are under the deck playing with your trucks, look up and see what is underneath that floorboard."  So the young boy did what his father asked. But when he looked up, he saw nothing but dirt dobber nests, spider webs, and ugliness. That evening when his father returned from work, the boy told him he had done just as his father had told him, but he didn’t understand. His father told him he...

We worship that which we are passionate about.  And we are passionate about that which we worship. If you don't believe me, go to a college football game.  There you will see an incredibly accurate depiction of the right kind of worship…it's just the wrong god.  There is loyalty and dedication shown to our favorite team by wearing the team colors.  There is sacrifice made…as we spend enormous sums of money to get our tickets.  There anticipation and excitement…so much that we are willing to get there 3 hours early and park a mile away just to make sure we don't miss anything.  But most of...