More than what is convenient…
Too many times, we only want to
worship when it’s easy. Worship is counting something more worthy than
something else.
Sometimes we worship our image more
than God. Sometimes we worship our leisure more than God. Sometimes we worship
people more than God. Sometimes we worship money more than God. Sometimes we
worship our yards more than God. Sometimes we worship our television more than
God.
We are prone to put many things
before Him, and definitely things more convenient to give our attention to.
Worship is definitely more than
singing, or listening to singing. But, even in something as easy as singing,
we’ll check out because breathing in and breathing out is too tiring when
singing. We’ll check out because we don’t like the tune or the type of song.
However, our worship, whether in
singing or in ANY other thing, must be a conscious recognition of doing,
thinking or saying something toward God because HE is worthy of our effort and
sacrifice. He IS worthy.
Worship is more than doing whatever
is easy or convenient. It should cost us something. Sometimes it costs us time;
we worship God, so we count Him worthy of praying or getting in the word or
gathering with other believers. We count Him worthy, so we worship God by
giving of our time to help others, EVEN IF IT MEANS WE DON’T GET TO PURSUE OUR
HOBBIES! We say in our hearts and minds and with our hands and feet, “You,
Father, ARE worthy! This will cost me, but YOU ARE worthy! I worship YOU!”
I can go on and on, but I think you
might get it.
King David got it…
“But the king said to Araunah, ‘No,
but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the
LORD my God that cost me nothing.’ So David bought the threshing floor and the
oxen for fifty shekels of silver.” (2 Samuel 24:24 ESV)
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