Today I want to speak about what worship means to me and this has changed over the past few months. If you asked me this question in the beginning of the year, I would not know what to say because I didn’t understand the concept of worship. I only did it because I knew it was something that I had to do not because I had a desire to. However, if I was asked the same question today, I would say that worshipping God for me means to be humble and vulnerable before him with no restrictions. I had to come to terms with the fact that I cannot control everything especially something so sacred as worship – God does not want my restricted worship he wants me to be free in his presence. It was so hard for me to put my walls down because I am such an overthinker and I love to plan everything but that does not work when you are in the presence of God. How can I expect God to move in me during worship if I am in my head all the time observing how I am worshipping or if i look weird? Once I started to allow God to take over then all restrictions were shattered.
Worship for me is not confined to singing worship songs in church. It includes making my life a living sacrifice to God – in Romans 12:1 it is written that “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead to you to give your life your bodies to God…Let them be a living and holy sacrifice – the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him” meaning that you cannot only give your all to God when you are in church but every second of your life needs to be a worship to God.
What does it mean to make your life a living and holy sacrifice to God? For me this means being devoted to Christ in everything that I do. I cannot say that my body is a living and holy sacrifice unto God when I am doing things that I know displeases him, when I am not giving my all to Christ and this took a lot for me to understand and if I am being honest it is still a process. Although, I am not perfect and I make mistakes I understand that my life is not my own and in everything I do I have to glorify God. I believe this could mean different things to each person. What does worship to God mean to you? What does it mean for you to give your life as a living sacrifice to God? Share in the comments or you can share it with me on social media.
Father Lord, I thank you for the opportunity for giving your children to read this and I pray that their lives would be a living and holy sacrifice to you. I pray that they gain an understanding on what worship means to them and most importantly what it means to you. In Jesus name, Amen!
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