Worship - Not Just a Sunday Thing

Even though this was many years ago, I still remember walking through the campus of Miami University (Ohio) on a spring day and having a sense of awe overcome me - the day was sunny, the trees were in bloom, the air was fresh and all of that was a gift of God to me. I wanted to cry and shout to Him for all that He had given to me.

Now I am busy with work, church, home, school, family....whatever. And many times I find it hard to recognize all that God has provided me. Yet, once in a while, I still see His glory in a moment. It can come in the words that someone says, it can be seen in people agreeing to disagree but yet respecting the other person's opinion, it can be seen on the face of someone as they ask for prayer, or it can be in the small child that reaches out to a stranger to bless her with a hug...

God does not want us to limit ourselves to an hour of worship a week. He wants us to worship Him every day, in all things. For those things are provided to us by Him. Our time in church each Sunday should be our time to share our other daily worship time with others - to show those around us how we have experienced God's love in our lives since we last saw them and to praise Him for those gifts He has bestowed upon us. It is time for us to pray for and with those who may not have been so fortunate as ourselves.

Jesus told the woman of Samaria that "...when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth." John 4: 23-24

God also tells us in Romans 12:1-2 to offer ourselves as living sacrifices, to not be conformed by the world but to be renewed of our minds so that we may discern the will of God. This is to be reflected in the way we live our daily lives, not just how we present ourselves in a church service.

Please pray: Lord, help me to worship you in all that I am and all that I do, every day, in every way. Help me see your wonders in all that is around me and to see your glory shine. Amen.