ListenDaily - 17 April 2009; First things first
"So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me." (Matthew 28:8-10) (find this or any other passages at www.Biblegateway.org)
"They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him."
We all have moments of doubt and fear, do we not? At minimum, we have moments in which we are not fully focused on God and go about our day, our job, our schoolwork, our church work, looking somewhere besides at Him.
Then we remember. Something happens...a song...a voice...a Scripture...something...and we remember, or re-refocus on Him. So what do we do next? If we receive a moment of comfort from Him, what do we do? Or if we get an answer? A direction? Or when He brings a sense of peace...what do we do next. Quite often, I'm afraid, we appreciate the moment and move on with whatever we were about.
I think the women in this story offer the perfect example of what we should do. They were full of fear, anxiety, and grief; then they saw Jesus. Then, immediately "they came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him".
You see friend, their response was not just about them, it was about Him! Surely they were relieved, but in their relief they worshipped their Lord, for their lives were about Him. That is what we should do. When we are afraid, we should worship. When He brings peace, we should worship. When we want to ask for something, first we should worship. Before we teach, preach, or witness, we should worship.
We should worship on Sunday morning.
And every other day.
We exist to worship. Eternity will be worship. If we want to be closer to Him now, we must worship.
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Questions:
1. Do you agree that worship should be our primary function ? 2. When and where do you worship? 3. Is it more than Sunday morning?
INTERESTING THOUGHTS ON WORSHIP:
"Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't." John Piper
"No sort of defense is needed for preaching outdoors, but it would take a very strong argument to prove that a man who has never preached beyond the walls of his meetinghouse has done his duty. A defense is required for services within buildings rather than for worship outside of them." William Booth
"If thou beest ever so exact in thy morals, and not a worshiper of God, then thou art an atheist." William Gurnall
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