How do contentment and worship work together? Are you content with your worship? Or do you wish it was more? Or different? Ah…. It’s sort of a trick question. You see – worship is not about YOUR level of contentment, comfort, desire. Worship is about the Creator, the Almighty, the Holy One. Worship is about giving glory and honor to the King of Kings. When we worship we should take the focus off ourselves and our desires and preferences – and totally pour our attention on the all-deserving Lord of Heaven and Earth.
Our corporate worship is a time when we come together to lift our praises in unison – giving our adoration to Him who is worthy; to the God whom we were made to worship. It’s a time when we as a church can stand together to say we acknowledge who He is and what He has done for us – unworthy as we are.
So where does contentment come in? When we are in a place of contentment in our lives, it allows us to more freely pour out our love, our thanks, our appreciation, our adoration, our all-out surrender of our desires – in exchange for His desires for us. Without distractions of worldliness – we are more free to worship Him rather than focus on ourselves.
The God who has no beginning or end, who holds the universe together, who is mysteriously three persons in one God – this AMAZING God wants YOU-all of you: your worship, your attention, your friendship, your obedience, your life. Being a Christian is not about Sunday mornings. God wants a deeply personal relationship with you – every day. The best way to prepare for Sunday is to make every day a day of worship.
Luke 6:45b “For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”
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