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.
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