So it was really hitting me last night that worship was the most awesome thing that a human being can do. Okay, I know that requires some explanation so I'll do my best to enlighten you. If you are a believer in Christ as Savior and Lord, then you know God. God knows you. Think about that for a second, really think about that. A good friend of mine once said with absolute sincerity in prayer "I know the God of the Universe!" and I cannot forget that sentiment. It's not to be taken lightly that you are known by God, and through the death and resurrection of Christ we can know God. (2 Cor. 5:17-19) More specifically we can know Him in a very real, personal and life giving way. God stopped at nothing to accomplish that very thing, and now we have an open door to... you guessed it, worship God! So it's the most awesome thing that we can do. In light of who God is, what he has done, what he continues to do every moment of every day of our lives, we can worship him for that. But what really struck me on Sunday was that worship isn't just about music and singing songs to God, as powerful and great and even needed as that may be. I think it's a misconception that is too easy to believe and buy in to. I'll be the first to admit to succombing to that mentality, but what God desires from us goes far beyond that. It's a Mark 12:30 kind of worship, giving God what really belongs to him in the first place... all of me. My heart, my soul, mind and strength, given to him in all that I do, all that I have, all that I am.
He gave Jesus so that I can have Him. That's what he did for us all. Worship might start with music, but in the end it's a life that is lived for Him and nothing else. He lets me come to him, to love him, to know him, to worship him. That's what God did.
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