Music
Google defines music as, "Vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and an expression of emotion."
It's interesting how music and worship are related. Often times when you hear the word "worship" you immediately think of music. But music isn't the definition of worship.
Well, worship is defined by Google as, "The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity."
Now let's take a look at the word reverence as defined by Google, " A deep respect for someone or something."
And adoration," A deep love and respect."
Now that we have our definitions out of the way we can piece together what exactly worship is. Putting these two definitions together,
Worship
"The feeling or expression of deep respect and love for a deity."
So with this thought, we can obviously see that when we worship God, we are expressing our respect and love for Him. We are doing more than just mumbling a song in church. I'm sure you've heard people say that everything we do, as long as it's for the Lord, is worship. Now this may be accurate but our intentions play a huge role in this situation. Just because I am a Christian does not mean that I am worshiping Christ whenever I babysit, write, sing, etc.
For us to honestly worship God through our actions, we must change who we are, and not just for a specific action. If we plan to worship God in everything we do, we cannot stay the same. We must change our intentions, they must be for God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come."
This verse means that if we are in Christ, we are no longer the same; therefore we must not act like our old selves because we are changed - we represent God now, unlike who we were before. Yes I realize this seems dramatic, and for some people it is dramatic.
Now let's go back to the topic of worship. How does worship relate to the renewing of ourselves? Well whenever we are worshipping we are showing God deep respect and love, which means that we are performing our action for the glory of God in everything that we do.
Yeah, everything we do. Lounging on the couch, binge watching Dr.Who isn't really glorifying God, is it (I'm talking to myself here)? Now that you understand that we cannot simply stop doing things for the Lord whenever we change ourselves, because as 2 Corinthians 5;17 said, the old has passed away. It no longer exists.
We simply cannot go back to being our old selves because it is gone. Poof. No longer there. In order for us to fall back into our old ways, we must create something new. There's no such thing as a revival of the dead, Jesus being the only exception. We cannot revive our old selves, we must create a new self.
We need to reach out to those who need the help. We need to show them that the renewing of their mind is magnificent, and that it is a lifestyle change. It isn't a "spiritual high," it is forever. So let's worship God with everything we do - not just whenever we are in church listening to music, not just whenever we are witnessing, not just whenever we are with our Bible study.
With everything we say, everything we do, let's glorify our creator. Let's do what we claim to do, and show Him we respect and love Him.
It's interesting how music and worship are related. Often times when you hear the word "worship" you immediately think of music. But music isn't the definition of worship.
Well, worship is defined by Google as, "The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity."
Now let's take a look at the word reverence as defined by Google, " A deep respect for someone or something."
And adoration," A deep love and respect."
Now that we have our definitions out of the way we can piece together what exactly worship is. Putting these two definitions together,
Worship
"The feeling or expression of deep respect and love for a deity."
So with this thought, we can obviously see that when we worship God, we are expressing our respect and love for Him. We are doing more than just mumbling a song in church. I'm sure you've heard people say that everything we do, as long as it's for the Lord, is worship. Now this may be accurate but our intentions play a huge role in this situation. Just because I am a Christian does not mean that I am worshiping Christ whenever I babysit, write, sing, etc.
For us to honestly worship God through our actions, we must change who we are, and not just for a specific action. If we plan to worship God in everything we do, we cannot stay the same. We must change our intentions, they must be for God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold the new has come."
This verse means that if we are in Christ, we are no longer the same; therefore we must not act like our old selves because we are changed - we represent God now, unlike who we were before. Yes I realize this seems dramatic, and for some people it is dramatic.
Now let's go back to the topic of worship. How does worship relate to the renewing of ourselves? Well whenever we are worshipping we are showing God deep respect and love, which means that we are performing our action for the glory of God in everything that we do.
Yeah, everything we do. Lounging on the couch, binge watching Dr.Who isn't really glorifying God, is it (I'm talking to myself here)? Now that you understand that we cannot simply stop doing things for the Lord whenever we change ourselves, because as 2 Corinthians 5;17 said, the old has passed away. It no longer exists.
We simply cannot go back to being our old selves because it is gone. Poof. No longer there. In order for us to fall back into our old ways, we must create something new. There's no such thing as a revival of the dead, Jesus being the only exception. We cannot revive our old selves, we must create a new self.
We need to reach out to those who need the help. We need to show them that the renewing of their mind is magnificent, and that it is a lifestyle change. It isn't a "spiritual high," it is forever. So let's worship God with everything we do - not just whenever we are in church listening to music, not just whenever we are witnessing, not just whenever we are with our Bible study.
With everything we say, everything we do, let's glorify our creator. Let's do what we claim to do, and show Him we respect and love Him.
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