V13: These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
I have struggled with this my whole life, finding myself going through the motions of going to church because it is expected of me. When I simply find myself sitting in there, listening to the music and the lessons, is God quietly whispering in my ear or is He jumping up and down on my head telling me to pay attention. I know that to honor and worship God is much more than "going to Church" each Sunday, that we should praise Him with each breath we take. I struggle because there always seems to be one more thing that causes me to take my eyes from Him and to loose focus on what is really important.
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We often talk about the church service. John the Baptist asked Jesus if he was the Messiah that they were waiting for and he answered, "Look around..." and then quoted Isaiah, "the deaf hear word-for-word what's been written. After a lifetime in the dark, the blind see. The castoffs of society laugh and dance in God. The down-and-outs shout praise to The Holy of Israel."
ReplyDeleteIn other words, yes! When we serve, we are worshiping this Messiah. Bob, the homeless guy outside our church, is becoming a nuisance, but do we have any choice but to serve him?
After all, service is worship.