Why is it that Christians will pray, sing, read their Bible, etc.? What is the point of worshiping? Do people worship for themselves or for God? Personally I can tell you, up until very recently, I misunderstood worship. I would go to church, I'd listen to worship music in the car, pray, read my bible and when times seemed to get harder I would up the level on my worship meter. I worshiped, and still sometimes catch myself in the mind set of "What do I get out of worshiping." When it really isn't about me at all. I worshiped so that I can feel better, so that I can have that emotional high. What happens when you do all the right things, the things a good christian does to worship, and you don't feel that high, you don't feel God's presence?
What I recently came across while reading the book Shattered Dreams, is that worship is not for us it never was made for us, worship is an invitation, an invitation for God to come an move. God doesn't owe anything to us, he doesn't have to make himself present in our life, to make us feel good in the hard times in life. It is our privilege that we can even send God an invitation. Most Christians, including myself, are guilty of expecting God to show up and make us feel better and when He doesn't we get upset with him. The question is, How can God come work in our life if there is not room for him in our life?
I see now that worship is not about making me feel good at all. What I've realized is that in order for God to come work in my life I have to push aside the things of this world that are constantly trying to fill my God size hole. Once I have made the space for God and send the invite God has the choice come and show up and if He does, as a result, sometimes I do feel happier and sometimes I do feel an emotional high, but an emotional High is not the reasoning for worship it is just one of the many results of Worshiping God and having him in your life.
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