The heart of worship


Here's a link to the audio of Trevor's talk this last monday:
The Heart of Worship

We are created to worship God. It could be said that is the main reason we were created! Unfortunatly if we don't worship God, we will find other things to worship. Here's the article that Trevor talked about that Vicky Beeching wrote:

We Were Created
Yesterday Today and Forever, 2005

It blows my mind to think that we were designed and created by God to worship Him. That is one of the primary destinies of the human race...to be God-worshippers. So when we stand together in sung worship, we aren’t just doing something we enjoy – we are fulfilling a huge part of our destiny as humans, and doing what we were created for.

When we look around in our culture, worship is everywhere. It’s pretty obvious that we were innately wired to be worshippers. Just look at the intense sports fan glued to the latest team game. Or the teenage girl with a wall full of Brad Pitt posters. Or the guy standing wide-eyed as he watches his favourite band rocking out on stage. We are worshippers. If we don’t go with God’s original plan (worshipping Him) we will always find substitutes. These will damage and destroy us, whereas worshipping God will bring us into the freedom and wholeness He intended us to have.

This song was inspired by seeing people worship so many things other than God, in the culture around us. It’s an exploration of the theology of worship; why we do it and what happens when we don’t. It’s a reminder that we are just dust shaped by God, that even our breath is a gift from Him, and when we breathe it back to Him in worship we are fulfilling our highest calling.

You formed us from the dust
You breathed Your breath in us
We are the work of Your hands
Now we breathe back to You
Love songs of gratitude
Adoring You with all we have

We were created
To worship Your name
We were created to bring You our praise

If we don’t worship You
We’ll search for substitutes
To fill the void in our souls
Worshipping other things
Destroys our liberty
But as we praise You we are free

We were created
To worship Your name
We were created to bring You our praise
So we will worship, so we will praise
You our Creator, for all our days

This is what we were made to do
This is what we were made to do
So we lift up our praise to You

Written by Vicky Beeching
©2004 Thankyou Music (admin. by worshiptogether.com Songs for the World, excluding the UK and Europe, which is admin. by kingswaysongs.com) (PRS)

Trevor's main points were:
1. Worshipping Worship - sometimes we are more in love with our music/ atmosphere/ favourite worship band then God Himself. Can you worship God when you don't like the music? If your answer is no ... then you don't know what true worship is. Worship is a choice. God never forces you to choose to sing, zone in, focus and express your heart to Him.

2. Worship is not about you! - maybe you don't feel comfortable worshipping around others? Understand, worship is for an audience of ONE ... God Himself. It's all for Him.

3. Holistic Worship - worship is not limited to a building or a time - worship is not just when we sing the slow songs during the music time, worship is a lifestyle. When you chose to honour God in every part of your life, that is worship to Him.

What do you think? Are there some areas that Trevor mentioned that you have to work on? How did you find worshipping on Monday without the whole "band"? Was it difficult?