Do you feel God’s love? Do you feel glad to be alive? Do you feel blessed? No? Here’s a good way to start… go to church and join in the worship.
Anything we do to glorify God. The easiest way to express our love and worship of God is to sing. Everyone has a favourite song. It can change. You don’t have to be faithful to your favourite tune. Neither do you need to grimace when you look back and think your tastes have moved on. Living in the now, truly embracing God’s bounty means enjoying what you have now… not regretting your tastes of yesterday.
Lots of people warn against the emotional highs of Christian music carrying young people away on a wave of emotion… but seriously… Do you feel closer to God when you listen to Hillsong or Bethel Music? If so… that’s a good thing. You don’t need to take the whole of their teachings to heart but if their music helps you worship God and feel God’s love… enjoy.
“AND DAVID DANCED BEFORE THE LORD WITH ALL HIS MIGHT, WEARING A PRIESTLY GARMENT. SO DAVID AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL BROUGHT UP THE ARK OF THE LORD WITH SHOUTS OF JOY AND THE BLOWING OF RAMS’ HORNS”.
2 SAMUEL 6: 14-15
Wow. David the King, who killed a lion and Goliath is dancing in the street before the servants like a madman. He is exuberant with his love and joy before the Lord. He was mocked for not being cool, and for making a fool of himself, but he replied:
“I WAS DANCING BEFORE THE LORD… YES, AND I AM WILLING TO LOOK EVEN MORE FOOLISH THAN THIS, EVEN TO BE HUMILIATED IN MY OWN EYES!”
2 SAMUEL 6: 21-22
So give it your best shot. Give God your all in worship. Who cares if you can’t sing or dance well? Just give God your praise, worship and love. It is not about other people and what they think of you. It is about worshiping God our Father, our creator… who gave us everything. Wow, just wow. Time to say thank you with all your heart. The easiest way to do that is to let go of your self-awareness… let go of your self-doubt… let go of your worry that you are not good enough… and just praise God.Still not convinced? Let go of your pride. Be like Jesus and be humble before God the Father. Yes we may be rubbish dancers and singers, like David probably was, but God deserves our outpouring of love and joy at the sheer magnificence of what he has done for us.And for those of you who are gifted musically… thank the Lord for your talents and help the rest of us to join in.
OUR FATHER GOD WE THANK YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS FOR YOUR ABUNDANT LOVE AND WE LONG TO WORSHIP AND ADORE YOU. PRAISE TO YOU LORD GOD. SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO TRULY POUR OUT FROM US AS WE SHOW OUR DEEP GRATITUDE IN WORSHIP FOR YOUR GLORY. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.