Worship is a Verb

30 Day Church Challenge:  Day 7

Read pgs 44-47 in the 30 Day Guidebook

"Here's what I want you to do, God helping you:  Take your everyday, ordinary life -- your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life -- and place it before God as an offering.  Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him."  Romans 12:1, The Message

Our theme for this week?  Worship!  Literally, from it's "the work of the people."

For believers, worship is what we do.

Today's reading from the 30 DCC guidebook reminds us of the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt.  Can you imagine the worship that they had on the other side of Red Sea?  They knew they had been "delivered," and that only God's power had made their freedom possible.

What about us?

If worship is the "work of the people" in response to God's power and presence, what are we responding to? Do we know?  Why not?

I think we're pretty hard to impress as a people, nowadays.   We've seen a lot.  We really believe in our own power, and in the power of science and technology to save us.

Maybe we've forgotten a bit about the giver of those gifts.  Maybe the impact of our worship experiences are directly related to our ability to observe God's presence in our lives, and respond to his presence.

Maybe incredible worship starts when we develop our blunted sense of gratitude.  At least for me, that's where I want to start.

Everything is miracle.  All is gift.  I want to remember that, and live a life of worship in response.

With God's help...
Adam

Today's Small Step:  Read Romans 12:1, and spend some time talking with God about what this kind of worship life might look like.  Be specific about the things that God has done for you, and how you want to respond.

Today's Big Idea:  Brainstorm all the ways you can consciously make your "walking-around" life a sacrifice of worship to God today.