Following is a young man’s meditation on worship. Jordan Bulalayao is one of the young adults from our church who organized a night of worship.
“Just recently I had the honor of experiencing a night of worship with my church family. We had a great time and I totally felt moved by how the spirit was moving through everyone. But the one thing that has been getting to me is… what is true worship? Is worship just the act of singing? Or playing music? Is worship really all about God? Why do we worship? Why should we worship? Why devote an entire night of it?
If I don’t know what worship is, or its purpose, did I actually do it right, if I even did it in the first place?
Wikipedia explains “Worship is etymologically derived from Old English words meaning “worth-ship”. Giving worth to something. In its older sense in English of worthiness or respect (Anglo-Saxon,worthscripe), worship may on occasion refer to an attitude towards someone of immensely elevated social status, such as a lord or a monarch, or, more loosely, towards an individual, such as a hero or one’s lover.”
so, basically worship gives something its worth, its respect… in that sense, by devoting a night to drop everything pick up a guitar and rock out, did I really give God his worth, His respect? Sadly, no. it’s not enough. Sadly enough, no one did. Because God is worth more than one night. God is worth more than music and bowing and jumping and lifting hands… and surely we should respect Him more.
But even in our daily lives, do we give Him the respect He deserves? Every day do we show that God is worth everything we do? If worship means giving worth to something, who or what do I worship? I work, and then I go to work. And then I come home and watch TV and eat. My life and all I do revolves around me, work, food, TV, or sleep. I devote my time, my effort, my physical well-being to these things. We have given them worth. None of these refer to someone of immensely elevated status, but they are of immensely elevated importance… immensely elevated worth. So I worship my bed, my food, my TV, and my jobs. And that sucks. Because if that’s the case, I’ve missed the whole reason of why I do what I do.
Take a look at your daily life. Is there something that has more worth or importance to you than God alone? it could be work, family, cars, video games, TV, music, reading your bible, being an all around good person, doing everything right… and don’t get me wrong these are all good things… but not if it takes away from the one true God. (For anyone that reads this, understand that there is a distinct line between a god and THE ONE TRUE GOD, because we all make little gods out of everything).
Maybe, I need to look at myself and my life and clearly decide who or what is worth my time. Maybe, with everything I do, I should it not because the thing itself is worth it, but because who I am doing it for is.”
