Worship as a Lifestyle

When you hear the word "worship", what comes to mind? People standing in the church singing hymns? Two fast songs and one slow song? Everyone in the first two rows jumping, waving their hands, kneeling in passion and excitement?

That was my opinion on worship, until God began to speak to me about it. A few weeks ago we had a teaching on the concept of worship and that really changed my point of view on it. Look at the plea David in Psalm 38 - that is worship. Look at Paul and Sylas in prison (Acts 16), singing hymns of worship after they were severely beaten - thats worship! Look at Acts 2:43-47 where everyone in the Church sacrificed all they had for the sake of the Body of christ and even then everyone came to worship every day in the Temple! That is Worship!!!

Worship is a lifestyle, a life-long song to god in His Presence. We know that a human being becomes like whatever thing that he worships, be it Jesus, money, sport, sexual relations, addictions or anything else that is avalable. So when we focus on god as the center f our worship, when we are prepared to lay it all before Him and then kneel down and with tears in our eyes acknowledge that He is Lord, that is true worship that makes us Christ-like and brings a true transformation in our hearts! So let us worship God, not by the word of mouth, but by our acts and through our lifestyle, so that through whatever we do, the Glory of God can be revealed in our lives!