Restoring Worship
What is worship? For the last 6 months, I have been sharing my heart regarding my struggle to worship God in and thru my work. Hence the name of this blog. Understanding how to steward God’s gifts and worship Him with my work is my journey.
What are your associations with the word- worship? Do you think (music)? Or all things spiritual? Well, we are all worshippers. Worshippers of Creator or Creation. Do we worship God or the things he made? He is a loving and jealous God who wants me to continue to see my stream of idols that replace him. But, repentance is NOT just seeing idol and throwing it away. God wants me to see it, confess it, worship him instead, then see that thing redeemed. So, the glutton learns how to eat again without sin- but as an act of worship, of freedom. For me, I don’t just confess my independent streak in my heart and despise my competence and strength. Repentance is still being strong and competent but as a dependent on God worshipper.
Worship isn’t just getting rid of idols. It is rightly restoring the created thing in its place. So, that my heart worships God. He alone is to be worshipped.
Pastor Mark preached about worship this past Sunday. As I sat next to my husband for the sermon and singing for the whole service (baby Lydia made it in the nursery the whole time for the first time!), I was so grateful for good biblical insight about worship. Grateful to God for scripture to speak to me. For the Lord to show me how my heart turns so quickly to idols instead of Him in worship.
And it is so worth watching and having a soft heart before the Lord to reveal idols and help you explore what worship is to you. Enjoy!
At the end of the sermon, take special note of the questions that dig at your heart. He asks some great probing questions for seeing your idols.
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Thankfully your idols of strength and competence are not something to be thrown away, but redeemed. Without this process of redemption you could not be authoring this wonderful blog that touches so many hearts - including mine. Thank you for your continued wisdom and honesty.