Worship

     There is an interesting portion of Scripture that is found in Romans 12:1-2 that says, “Therefore, I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-this is true worship.” And in another part of Scripture where Jesus is talking to a Samaritan woman there comes a point in the conversation where He tells her that, “a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.”

    And if you were listening at all to those two portions of Scripture, you will find that there is a common word in both of those verses. Worship. Worship. Think about that word for a minute. Worship. What does that word mean to you? For some it is the songs that we sing on a Sunday morning or a Wednesday night. Others it is a time to stand up and catch up with our friends will all that is going on since no one else can hear them right? For some it’s that awkward moment when we may feel like everyone is watching us and so we are not sure what to do. But at its core, what is it? What is this thing that we call worship?

       This was our intro into this weeks series opener dealing with worship. We used this past Wednesday night to explore what exactly worship was. With the main thrust of the evening being that when you boil it down to the simplest of ideas, worship means to pay great honor to. To have  profound love and admiration for. To be stricken with awe.

      Psalm 65:8 says, “The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.” We need to see the awe around us. Both in the big and the small. To begin to see God is the middle of everything. To be amazed at what He has done. When we begin to see God in everything around you, when you begin to find Him in the big and the small, and you begin to truly be in awe of Him, our natural response will be worship.

     I'd encourage you to find an opportunity this week to talk with your teenager about our lesson. Here are some questions that might generate some good conversation:

        1. Why is it so hard to focus on God sometimes?

        2. When was the last time you were in awe of something? What was it?

        3. How have you seen God in everyday things in your life?

Here is a video that we used in the lesson as well.