It is easy to get sidetracked in thinking about worship...a word that doesn't seem to fit into my daily grind of a life. What does worship (this seemingly sacred word) have to do with grocery shopping, doing the laundry, even studying theological concepts?
In processing through this untouchable word, Worship, primarily seen as the adoration of a deity, I see so little of me and so much of something beyond me. Then it occurs to me, that is the point.
Worship is not about me.
It is a spiritualized term that begins and ends with God. He or She does something magnificent (idk. like leaving the throne of the Universe to take on human form, live a humble life, and die a suffering death for the sake of my sorry self) so that I am compelled to respond in adoration. It begins with this God and it it ends with this God. What I offer in between, a life of integrity, sacrifice, and service, is worship.
I hope that I am able to remember that the next time someone cuts me off in traffic.
In processing through this untouchable word, Worship, primarily seen as the adoration of a deity, I see so little of me and so much of something beyond me. Then it occurs to me, that is the point.
Worship is not about me.
It is a spiritualized term that begins and ends with God. He or She does something magnificent (idk. like leaving the throne of the Universe to take on human form, live a humble life, and die a suffering death for the sake of my sorry self) so that I am compelled to respond in adoration. It begins with this God and it it ends with this God. What I offer in between, a life of integrity, sacrifice, and service, is worship.
I hope that I am able to remember that the next time someone cuts me off in traffic.
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