God is truly worthy of worship! Can I get an AMEN?!
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” (Revelation 4:11)
In light of that truth, the question I’d like us to consider is: How does this pandemic season affect our worship of God?
For some of us it’s been almost a year since we’ve gathered corporately. For others we’ve popped in and out of gathering in person as things have ebbed and flowed. And still others have gathered whenever the option was available and have felt the impact of worshipping with many less in the room than before.
How have these dynamics affected your expression of worship to God? I don’t think it’s reasonable to wait until things “get back to normal” to worship Him in all the various ways due Him. We don’t know when that will be, and yet God remains worthy of worship every day.
As we practice the Presence this month at New Day, I feel stirred to encourage us to make our homes a place of worship. Worship cannot be contained to the sanctuary inside our New Day buildings. If it ever was contained only there, it’s time for it to bust out. Our living rooms must now expand beyond being only a place to watch TV, nap, chat, or read.
Let’s consecrate our homes as places of worship unto the Lord and worship him there regularly using the nine expressions of worship from the Psalms that we are learning about this month. While these expressions are fitting for corporate worship, they are dynamic necessities for personal worship too!
“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise - the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.” (Hebrews 13:15)
Bless you, church, as you continue to navigate how to live wholeheartedly for God in every way during this unprecedented season.