Last night we were thinking about the Discipline of Worship.
We defined this as "the attitude and activity of consistently declaring God's worth and majesty".
We learned that Biblical worship is always a RESPONSE to the REVELATION of God to us and thanksgiving for His RESCUING of us. This worship is something we can give Him through every activity we do each day, if we will purposefully turn it to glorifying God. We also learned that we can worship God through whatever circumstances we find ourselves in: from the depths of the Valley of the Shadow of Death, all the way up to the heights of the Mount of Transfiguration where we see and meet with the glorified Jesus.
A very helpful video about worship to watch and think about is what John Piper says about a lesson that changed his way of worshipping God forever:
John Piper - "Why Does God Command Us To Worship Himself?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yC_JwSsIU
Some things to think about if you're wanting to apply this further:
1) If you're struggling to worship God, then seek out a fuller and greater understanding of His revelation of Himself in the Scriptures and utlimately the Person of Jesus Christ
2) If you're in the middle of a hard and dry situation, when it hurts to even think about praising God, be like the Psalmist and bear your heart to God. Tell Him exactly how you feel, even if you're angry or you're feeling abandoned. Tell Him! And then express your worshipful dependence to Him as you ask Him to rescue you, and worship Him that because He is good and faithful that you can trust in His salvation and His good purposes in your life (Romans 8:29)
3) If you're expressing real blessing and good things at the moment, rejoice and be thankful to God. Don't sin by stealing the worship God deserves by enjoying the good things at the expense of giving Him all the glory, honour and praise. Thank the Lord Jesus for His grace to you.
God bless you
David Nixon
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