Worship please!

in the midst of many churches today the issue of attitude towards worship rears it's ugly head for some churches every Sunday morning. play this song, they don't do it like I used to sing it or maybe that's not the problem. maybe it's my problem and yours. i am reminded of a psalm this morning that brings a hopeful understanding to the nonsense we sometimes make of worship: ourselves. if you were to read psalm 84 with an honest heart and reflected on the true nature of why this man worshipped God, I think quickly we would, well at least I did, see that sometimes our hearts are not even merely close to where they need to be on Sunday mornings or even more importantly 24/7.

read the chapter below and if you heart is not set on truly glorifying God in your day-to-day walk and if your focus is set more on you and your needs on Sunday mornings than the King, then my response is why even come. when we come to worship ourselves, we have no need for God and we better understand that God will not hear our plea unless full attention is given unto him and our hearts are set on his face. with much love i eat these words myself. come on church let's focus our eyes and be excited that we have the chance to proclaim the name of God! that's all.

How lovely is your dwelling place,
      O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
 ² I long, yes, I faint with longing
      to enter the courts of the Lord.
   With my whole being, body and soul,
      I will shout joyfully to the living God.
 ³ Even the sparrow finds a home,
      and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
   at a place near your altar,
      O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!
 ⁴ What joy for those who can live in your house,
      always singing your praises.
                         Selah
 ⁵ What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,
      who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
 ⁶ When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,
      it will become a place of refreshing springs.
      The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
 ⁷ They will continue to grow stronger,
      and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.
 ⁸ O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer.
      Listen, O God of Jacob.
                         Selah
 ⁹ O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
      Show favor to the one you have anointed.
 ¹⁰ A single day in your courts
      is better than a thousand anywhere else!
   I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
      than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
 ¹¹ For the Lord God is our sun and our shield.
      He gives us grace and glory.
   The Lord will withhold no good thing
      from those who do what is right.
 ¹² O Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
      what joy for those who trust in you. (NLT)


Aaron