I have discovered new ways that I am able to worship God and I love it. God opened my eyes, he showed me that I can worship him by just thanking him for what he has done – I know that it sounds obvious but that was how narrow my perception of worship was. I believed the only way to worship God was to sing worship songs but there are so many ways you are able to worship God. Something that I started to do was to write down things that I either love about Jesus or things that I thank him for and every time that I would write it down, I noticed that I never ran out of things to write. It was a way to reflect on the things that God has done for me – it helped me to be grateful to God and it has significantly helped me in my worship. It is so easy for us to forget the things that God has done for us and the grace that he has given us, and it can affect the way we worship him. For me it was hard for me to worship because I was in a place of ungratefulness, I let myself to forget God’s mercies over my life and when I was worshipping him I did it out of a place of forcing myself but when I started to write the things that I love or that I am thankful for. It brought me to a place of fellowship with him.
Another way to worship God is the obvious one which is singing to God – I have started to become intentional with this. For instance, if I am singing that God is a way maker, I’m doing it because of his revelation to me that he is a way maker and me knowing that he has brought me out of situations where I thought there was no way out. Even blocking out thoughts and focusing on God because he deserves it because I noticed that when I started to worship God, that was when I started to think about what I wanted to eat or remembering how someone spoke to me that day. I had to come to a realisation that when I am doing this, I am shifting my focus from God to my own personal needs when that time should be all about him. Don’t limit yourself on how to worship God – he would honour your worship if you have a sincere heart and you are giving him all the glory (Psalms 66:17).
Father Lord, I thank you Lord for your mercies. I pray that God reveals to us more ways that we can worship him, and I pray that you shift any distorted perception that we have on worshipping you. In Jesus name, Amen.
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