Music and Books

Worship is a huge thing, we look forward to worship every week. When the music includes one of our favorites, we say "the worship was awesome!" When the music stinks, we yawn and wonder why the worship was so bad. We leave churches because of "Worship Style."

Have we ever wondered if we're more concerned with what worship does for us and less concerned with the object of our worship? It seems like it's more about what we get, not what we give. Don't be selfish. Worship is all about giving our lives to God.

Worship is not about the song we sing and it is not the feeling we receive when we sing or dance. Worship is not about convincing God to bless us. Worship not about whether or not the guitar is too loud or if the person singing beside you us out of tune, it is not about what's happening on stage or around us. Worship is not about entertainment, lights or sound and it is not about us at all. It's not about us! It's about Him.

And we enter through the gateway of the cross. At the cross we surrender, we love, we cry. At the cross we dream, kneel and confess. We look at God, and place Him above all else because He is worth it. Life gets crazy and painful and no one can deny that. No one is asking us to pretend that those things aren't affecting us. We are just being invited to bring those stuffs to the cross, and simply gaze at Jesus. And as we look at Him, allow our response to br WORSHIP.

- RM