Thoughts and Musings.

I haven’t had much time to blog.

I seriously have slacked on that so much cause of this homework stuff.

I can’t wait until summer when most of my school problems will be over.

Until then, Jesus and Coldplay will get me through these times of trouble.

Here’s to success.

This is a topic that has got me thinking over the past few months.

So here are my thoughts on worship.

First, worship should be defined as a lifestyle that glorifies God and a mindset of giving reverence, adoration, and praise to Him. Now, a lot of Christians think that worship is defined by that music stuff in church. This is one of the biggest and most dangerous misconceptions we can make. Worship IS a lifestyle and is meant to take a dominant role in our physical and spiritual lives.

The Bible talks a lot about worship. One of my favorite examples of worship is in Psalms, where David just goes ham praising God and his creation. He describes it a little differently than we would:

“Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp” (Psalm 149:3)

Let’s stop here for a second. When I first moved to South Carolina, I visited a church that was a little charismatic, to say the least. Actually, they were a lot charismatic. They danced in front of the altar, waved flags, and sang real loud. I thought that was the weirdest thing. I was honestly freaked out by that and felt really uncomfortable. But Psalm 149:3 says it’s okay to dance. Yeah, I know, it’s weird. But the Bible says it’s okay.  

Here’s another great passage that I think about when worship comes to mind:

“Come, let us shout joyfully to the LORD, 
shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation! 
Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; 
let us shout triumphantly to Him in song.

Come, let us worship and bow down; 
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. 
For He is our God, 
and we are the people of His pasture, 
the sheep under His care.” (Psalm 95)

Yeah so, right there it mentions two types of body language. Shouting and kneeling. Once again, half a year ago I would have thought that to be super crazy. But kneeling expresses humility and an image of how little we are and how great God is.

There’s something about physical body language that helps us express praise. It’s like whenever we lift our hands or kneel, we involuntarily ask ourselves, “Why am I in this position?”, and we answer, “To give praise to God and express what I’m feeling to Him,”. Body language isn’t about showing how much of a Super-Christian we are to others around us, it’s about letting go of our physical and spiritual state in complete praise.

So why do we think it’s weird to raise our hands and dance for the Creator of the universe? That’s a great question. It’s one that I don’t think I could answer. All I know is, charismatic and enthusiastic Christians are cool in my mind, just as long as they’re actually worshipping. 

Just do what ever you feel led to do. It’s not that big of a deal. The bottom line is, God deserves a whole lot more than what a lot of churches “give” Him on Sunday mornings. 

A legit God calls for a legit worship.