The Anatomy of Worship: Part One

So, last night I was talking to my sister, Season, and she asked me when I was going to start posting on my blog again. I had actually forgotten about it, and even though I think she meant my music blog, I'm going to write on this one instead, because I actually have something to talk about on here.

I've started to have my own little worship session in the morning, because Jeremiah decided that he wants me to get up at the buttcrack of dawn with him and make him coffee (Bad idea, by the way, since I have turned into the most anti-morning person on the earth and usually make the coffee so strong that it's unbearable to drink). I figured that it would be a good opportunity to finally spend time with the Lord rather than getting up at 11 and being lazy about spending time with Him. . . And about everything else, which has turned my house once again into a hazardous mess.

Anyway! This morning during my worship, I felt this desire to really look into "the heart of worship". All these different thoughts on worship kept going through my head. Like, why is it OK for some people to raise their hands and worship, when others just stand there with their hymnals and act like they're in line for the firing squad? Or why is it fine for some people to dance and cry out to the Lord when they worship and others sing no louder than a whisper? What makes worship sincere?

Clearly, the easy answer is simply that it's all a heart issue. If your heart is pure before God, then however you worship, without going against the Word (like I think that if you started howling or stripping or anything like that it would probably be a little out of line. . . Yeah. . .), that God doesn't care if you raise your hands or merely sit there in awe of Him. I could be wrong about this, and that's why I want to delve a little bit deeper into the issue of worship and see what God has to say about it.

Over the past few weeks, I've almost felt like a new believer and it's like, I feel like I should just know these things, but I don't. It's kind of a blow to my pride to realize that I don't have all the answers and it really makes me want to get my hands dirty and get into the Word and ask God to give me a better understanding of Him and Jesus and what true, pure, no strings attached worship really is. Pray for me as I start this journey, because I have been know not to follow through with things quite frequently, and this is something I really want to get beyond the surface with.

(To be continued. . .)