Why do we worship?
I think that in most churches there has been some "discussion" over what worship is meant to be. After one of these so called discussions recently I began thinking that the problem was not in our worship as we had spent hours talking over. I think that the problem more readily lies in the worshipper rather than the worship. In our consumer culture we have become absorbed in the meeting of our own needs that we have become to the desire of God in worship. He calls us to come whole heartedly not just when we like a song. Though I recently attended a concert and noticed something that I really hadn't noticed before. It was a concert of a couple of bands from a different age and time but I still enjoyed many of there songs. I especially enjoyed the songs that I was very familiar with. It was fun to sing those songs to the top of my lungs and off-key and not really care. This brought me back to the worship "discussion" and I realized not for the first time but in a more tangible way that a similar things takes place in worship we are more engage by songs that we are familiar with. Unfortunately we often stop there and don't allow ourselves to be touched or taught new songs. I often wonder why we are so closed minded to new opportunities.
