I have to admit, I like writing these blogs. They’re difficult sometimes to do but it’s one of the few ways that I can express my current journey. I’ve been a follower of Christ for about ten years. I chose to actively pursue the living God when I was a junior in high school. It is a beautiful relationship but what is disgusting is that this is my ten year high school reunion, ahhhhhh. Despite the length of my journey, I am still learning new things. I have never claimed to know everything. I never will know it all. I did pick up something that, for lack of a better phrase, rocked my world. This is that story.
It has been a little while since I have written a blog. I guess it is writer's block. No it was worse than that it was a writer's blockade. Recently I was talking to a friend of mine (I know hard to believe, just kidding). Were talking about church and the purposes of churches. Again I was reminded of the importance of worship but not necessarily in a communal sense. By the end of the discussion I was feeling pretty low about my individual worship lifestyle.
A lot of people have a lot of different perceptions of what worship is. There are countless books that have been written, heck, that will be written about the topic. I think there are two things we need to remember about worship. 1) There is a specific description all over the Bible. 2) True worship will be different for different people.
1) What does the Bible say about worship? The Bible has references all over about the necessity of worship. It is in the Old Testament (OT) and the New Testament (NT). So what does it have to say? Well, first keep in mind, in the OT people had to do a whole lot to be "okay" with God. In the NT Jesus came to make us right in the eyes of the one who judges...out of love remember. Here are some things that I found the other day while hunting for verses: (P.S. there are over 490 verses that I found. Here are only three of them!)
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