Worship

I don't know about you, but I have often found myself falling into the rutt of singing worship music because its "what we do". Even when I lead worship on a Sunday, with eyes bright and lungs full, there are times that I miss the point of worship. 

During my time at Trinity Bible College, I had many an opportunity to talk about worship; the styles, the musicality, the theology, the techniques, the.... you get the point. The one thing that I found, however, is that through all of the questions, conversations, and classes, I was never provided a solid definition for what worship truly is.

As I entered into the workforce as a teacher, I found myself surrounded by students, teachers, and parents alike who were worshipping all the time; worshipping their phones, their friend groups, their abilties, their egos. Yes, they worshipped God in one degree or another, but there focus was divided. They seemed to be in the same chasm that I was in.

And yet, through this searching and digging, I found a lackluster phrase that encompassed the idea of what worship truly is.

In his book, Essential Worship, Greg Sheer gives a basic, working definition of worship: "Worship is tuning yourself with the Trinity."

What a bold thing to say! Such bravado in the statement, and a pun as well! And so much easier said than done.

I truly wish that I could say our singing on a Sunday morning or in our private morning prayer closets would be all that was necessary for worship, I really do: things would be so much easier if that were the case.

But those expressions of worship (in singing and in prayer) are not the entirety of who I have been called to be.

I believe that Sheer was hinting at more in his definition of worship; he is hinting at the simplisity and complexity of being in relationship with the Heavenly Father, the Perfect Son, and the Holy Spirit.

It is my worship that transcends the bounds of the earth, not because of any abilities I possess, but because of the relationship that I have with the Almight God.

There is a word that defines the perfect unity and relationship of the Godhead with Himself: Perichoresis.(Pair-eh-core-ee-sis)

The idea of perichoresis is that the Father is in perfect unity and relationship with the Son, who is in perfect unity and relationship with the Holy Spirit, who is in perfect unity and relationship with the Father.

And worship? Worship is our part to play in the perichoresis. Although we will never be in perfect unity and relationship with the Godhead, when we worship and align ourselves to His will, we become a small part in unifying ourselves and building our relationship with God.

Worship is about the relationship we have with God, yes, but it is moreso about the relationship that God has with us. Ever prayer, song, breathe, and action now become an entry point for the Holy of Holys to dwell with us, and He chooses to do so willingly through the Holy Spirit.

As you go about yoru day, be reminded and refreshed with the thought that, as a believer in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit dwells in you and your very life now gives worship to the Father.