Get Real
Theme of the Week: Worship Warriors Wanted
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Key Bible Verse: Look deep into my heart, God, and find out everything I am thinking. (Psalm 139:23, CEV) Bonus Reading: Psalm 139
The songs we sing in worship that spring from a life of faithfulness will bring God much joy. If people sing of faithful love with their lips but have hearts that are far from God, the songs they sing are no longer pleasing to God.
Biblical worship is full of truth—truth about who God is coupled with truth about who we are. These truths are essential for real worship. Sometimes God's people are clear on declaring the truth of God. But they will never reveal the truth of their lives and struggles in his presence. This leads us in the direction of an artificial or acting faith, where we are always doing "great," and we sing songs that are happy and full of thanksgiving, and we think we are really worshiping. Well, sometimes we are really lying. Real worship is saturated with truth.
For centuries the Psalter, the collection of the 150 psalms, was the hymnbook of God's people. I am not advocating that we only sing psalms. But the Psalms are still full of truth and comfort for God's people today. And they contain truth about God and truth about us as humans. God is not afraid of our humanity. As we come to worship, let's be truthful about who we really are and how we are really doing. Anything else is not real worship.
—Brian Doerksen in Make Love, Make War
My Response: How can I turn my anger, fears, and pain into acts of honest worship?
Thought to Apply: Worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of your heart. …. Worship is about getting personal with God, drawing close to God.—Matt Redman (British worship leader, songwriter)
Adapted from Make Love, Make War (David C. Cook, 2009) by permission. All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher. May not be reproduced.
Copyright © 2010 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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