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How many people come to
church to worship?
This is a question that arose
as I looked around the sanctuary one Sunday morning and saw
people chatting as the choir sang.
Out
of curiosity I looked at the congregation as the pastor offered
his prayer before starting his sermon; to my awe I saw people
carrying on conversations, two men in the choir appeared to be
chuckling after one told an apparently funny joke to the other.
One person was typing a text message in her cell phone. I found
it hard to believe what I was seeing.
I
wondered where their mind was; they were not thing of the
service. Where were their hearts, certainly not on God, nor
worship? Those talking must have thought this was a social
gathering, and the ones looking at pagers, cell phones and
PDA’s; they must be so wrapped up in their job or personal
relationships that they have no time for God.
I
looked up the definition of Worship;
Worship;
noun
1:
reverence toward a divine being or supernatural power
2:
expression of reverence
3:
extravagant respect or devotion
Worships;
verb
1:
honor or revere
2:
perform or take part in worship
I
searched the Bible to see what God’s word said;
WORSHIP,
to
be rendered to God only, Ex.
20:3; Deut.
5:7; 6:13;
Matt.
4:10; Luke
4:8; Acts
10:26; 14:15;
Col.
2:18; Rev.
19:10; 22:8.
Wow! There it was; “You shall have no
other gods before me”. Basically this is what each of these
references says.
Don’t
take me wrong and think I am saying I have never had my mind
wander during a worship service. I have let worry about family,
friends and job keep me from giving my whole focus to God. My
thought here are about those whose actions; talking, playing
games on their phone, or phones ringing; or other acts of non
worship. Not to mention these distractions have keep the persons
around them from giving their focus to God.
WORSHIP,
to be rendered to God only, Ex.
20:3; Deut.
5:7; 6:13;
Matt.
4:10; Luke
4:8; Col.
2:18; Rev.
19:10; 22:8.
When
we enter into worship, God should be the only thing on our mind.
We must learn to give our problems to Him, and many times we
need to thank him for the problems we are struggling with. We
often times are burdened so we will have to be more dependent on
Him, at others there is a lesson we must learn.
Where is your relationship with God? Do you
find yourself constantly distracted from offering Him worship?
Do you easily lose focus when listening to a speaker? Have you
put God on the back burner while trying to keep up with the
hurry up’s in life? God’s word tells us to not worry about
tomorrow.
Matthew
6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of
its own.
Clyde
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