When you consider all of the words used for worship in both the Old and New Testaments, and when you put the meanings together, you find that worship involves both attitudes (awe, reverence, respect) and actions (bowing, praising, serving). It is both a subjective experience and an objective activity. Worship is not an unexpressed feeling, nor is it an empty formality. True worship is balanced and involves the mind, the emotions, and the will. It must be intelligent; it must reach deep within and be motivated by love; and it must lead to obedient actions that glorify God.
True Worship Is Balanced
Worship is the response of all that man is to all that God is and does. We do not worship God for what we get out of it, but because He is worthy of worship. If you worship because it pays, it won’t pay to worship. “Whoever seeks God as a means toward desired ends will not find God,” wrote A. W. Tozer. “God will not be used.”
Together, let’s discover what really happens, “The Moment I Worship.”