Today as we were worshipping I started thinking about the differences between the ways we worship around the world. Back home I find that a lot of worship for me seems to be more complex and thought out. A lot of the songs tend to be internally focused and help you focus on the words and the thoughts behind them and worship God through them. Here in Africa at the camp the worship mostly consists of dancing and jumping and shouting. And I got to thinking about the differences between the two. They are two different places on the planet, two different cultures, two different styles of worship, yet we worship the same God. The God that we worship at home and the God we worship in Africa are the same. The God that we worship in the secret quiet still place is the same God that we dance and shout for. Two different styles, but One God.
It kind of hit me, the style in which we worship is not nearly as important as having your heart in the right place. God doesn’t care if we jump and shout or if we sit and are still if our hearts aren’t in the right place. Our heart needs to be in the right place for our worship to be true. Worship is not just a bunch of actions. It is a heart thing. The actions are supposed to be an outpouring of our hearts.
So I challenge you to examine your worship. Is it just a bunch of things you do, or are your actions an outpouring of your heart?
~Josh
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Josiah, Sam, Josh, Gabe, & Daniel-
ReplyDeleteYou better have eaten some samosas & mandazis!:) Just wanted y'all to know that I've been praying for you each day and I'm wearing my Kenyan t-shirt in your honor today (Saturday). Thanks for the updates-we will certainly share with the church on Sunday-Missions Sunday-about the fruit that y'all have seen so far! Awesome...as in what an Awesome God we serve! You are my heroes-I will be praying for health & energy for you all as you travel to Burundi. Go God! Can't wait to hear your stories when you get back to Texas