What do you think about when you think of worship? In my mind, I think of something I adore. I place that something or someone on a pedestal. It gets all my attention!
What comes to mind when you think of worshipping God? For me, I submit my will to His. In my heart of hearts, He is God and I am not. What He says goes. He is the boss!
When we gather together to worship on Sunday mornings, our singing is an act of worship. We’re praising God for who He is and what He has done. But we shouldn’t worship once a week and then think our worship is over until the following Sunday. Our act of worship on Sunday mornings should be a reflection of our outward expression of worshipping Him throughout the week with our lives!
Romans 12:1 says, “I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true worship.”
Paul didn’t say, “Meh, once a week for a couple hours is good enough worship for God.” He says to lay down your lives as a sacrifice. If you are sacrificing yourself, that tells me that worship may not be easy all the time. To be holy and pleasing to God and living our lives accordingly, might take some sacrifice and giving of ourselves. To give of our time when we’re busy. To give of our money when we already had it budgeted out. To give of ourselves for the Gospel when we’d rather do our own thing.
How do we do this when it’s hard? We read on to verse two: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. So that you may know and discern the good, pleasing and perfect will of God.” (Rom. 12:2)
When we renew our minds to God’s Word, our minds change from what we want – to what He wants! Let’s worship God with everything that we are – including our minds – and be a living sacrifice for Him!