Real Worship

Worship is Life. We as Christians can so often confuse worship for that which we do corporately as a Body each Sunday, and that, of course, is true, but only in part. Long before church buildings were erected, or Worship Pastors were employed, followers of Christ were worshiping Him, and doing so with their lives. So, how exactly do we do that?
Well, we “live a life worthy of the calling” (Ephesians 4:1), that “God may count us worthy” of it, “fulfilling our every good purpose and every act prompted by our faith” (2 Thess. 1:11). Now, of course, this faith is not of ourselves; no, it is the gift of God. But, our “every good purpose and act” is God’s workmanship, “prepared in advance for us to do” (Eph. 2:8-10).
Remember, God has given us “everything we need for life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3, emphasis mine). So, a life of worship is that one which is lived in the knowledge of Him. And, how do we gain that knowledge? Well, some of it is gained on Sunday. That is true. But, I firmly believe we grow all the more in our personal walks with Him; in the quiet of the morning, in our prayer time during our commute to work, in the godly witness of our families. In so doing, Sunday becomes but a culmination of celebration, as God’s people truly fellowship over all that He has done, and led us to do, in the week preceding.
And, for those of us who fear to share our faith, consider 2 Corinthians 2:14, which says: “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.” It is a beautiful portrayal of a life of worship lending itself ever so naturally to the spreading of the Word. May we do likewise, knowing that, with but one life to live, we must need expend it on His glory alone, that we’ll not have wasted one minute, but have been found indeed to be both good and faithful.