Worship

I've been struggling with the concept of worship for quite sometime.

I feel that many times, the worship and praise we sing unto God has lost its meaning.

Many times, we come to worship God with unprepared hearts, with sins that we have not repented for.

And to me, that's the worst feeling anyone could put themselves through. To stand in front of God, claiming and singing of His righteousness and holiness, yet leading lives of sin, lives of disobedience to what He has called us to.

The worst part is, that we sometimes take the opportunity to worship God to make us feel better about ourselves.

We often sing about God's mercy and grace, and we suddenly feel a sense of great warmth and comfort in our hearts. I'm not suggesting that the sense of comfort is wrong, however, it should not be our purpose for worshiping God. Worship should be all about giving praise to God for He deserves every bit of it. Whatever comfort and warmth we feel in our hearts during our worship to God is a bonus.

Worship isn't merely the songs we sing unto God. It's about our hearts and gratitude towards God and only Him. God isn't confined by songs we sing or the place at which we sing. So how can we explain why is it that so many christians raise their hands and voices during events such as Youth camps or Global Day of Prayer.. but yet when it comes to cg sessions, or even sunday worship.. such christians suddenly 'can't' worship God anymore. How can the difference be so big (in terms of how we come to God in our worship) when the God we worship at any place or time, is the SAME God.

If 'worship' is only driven by big-ass bands and worship concerts or if it's driven by emotion and not the heart, then that isn't worship at all.

That brings up the point of having a favorite christian song (since God isn't confined by songs)

It isn't wrong to have a favorite christian song, but we must never love the song more than we love God. we can like a worship song, but we must LOVE God. Or else there isn't any difference singing a worship song or any other secular song if there isn't love for God in the picture.

God deserves more than whatever we have been giving Him. I know that I have taken my worship to God for granted so many times. I often forget how big God is and how much He deserves. I also often forget the magnitude of what it meant for Christ to die for our sins.

We will never see the need for God if we don't see ourselves as sinners. And we will never be truly thankful for what Christ did if we only focus on God's grace and not on the implications of our sin.

So often we hear about God's endless and infinite mercy. And with this, we start taking God's grace for granted, and such, worship.

The fact is that God's mercy isn't infinite.

The mercy that is given to us comes from an infinite being, God.

If God mercy was infinite then satan would have been forgiven if you think about it... and God wouldn't be just.

I am all the more grateful to God now to have known this. It just made the impact of Christ's death on the cross so much greater.