"Worship"

Why is it that we use the word worship as an adjective? We have worship leaders, worship bands, worship services, and so many other things that we feel like if we throw the word worship in front of that it sounds really spiritual. I was reminded recently that worship is an action verb. Worship is something we do, not a label for things we want to be spiritual. Music and church and leading and any other number of countless things are an expression of worship, but true worship of the enormous God of the Universe and the same God who knows every minute detail about me needs to flow from me. Worship needs to be something I do all the time, not just something I label as worship so I can feel closer to God. Worship cannot be fully understood, yet can be experienced in bits and pieces. We cannot even begin to grasp all that worship to God can mean. I think that we label things as worship so we can comprehend them. We box God in by labeling things. We need to step out in wild abandon and live worship!!

So I ask myself how? What does living worship mean? What labels needs to change to action in my life?

Stand!

I sit here today broken by sin. Sin is so ugly. I hate it! I hate Satan! Sin eats away at all that is good and we let it happen. So today as I sit here well aware of sin and its effects, I ask you to stand with me against it. I ask you to battle Satan with me. The only way I can truly stand against him is arm and arm with other Christians and held completely in the firm grasp of a God who loves me so much more then I can ever hope or dream. I have committed my life to God- my whole life and yet I need people. I read in a book recently that we are all made with a God size hole in us that only He can fill, but that we were made with a human size hole that God will not fill. We were created for community- true community!! We need transparency with each other. We need to live life in the light and not hide things. We need to do life together, all parts of our life, not just the "good christian" parts. We need authenticity!!!!

So today I commit anew to pursue genuine, transparent, authentic relationships with those who know and love God and who I am choosing to do life with. Will you stand with me??