Worship Pt. 1

Matthew 28:9 And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to him, grasped his feet, and worshiped him.

In this scripture it says 'worshiped him'. Just imagine with me for a second, Jesus has just risen from the dead, you got a message from an angel that says go tell the disciples. And on the way they see Jesus and when they get up to him they stop turn on their headphones and start singing to him... He would say 'what are you doing?'  Would you answer I'm worshiping? It seems kind of silly doesn't it? In this instance worship does not mean spending time listening to music about Jesus and singing along. In fact there is no music involved in this worship of Jesus.
     99% of the time right now in America when someone says 'I'm going to worship for a little bit' what they are meaning is I'm going to spend some time listening to music, singing along and praying. And when they are done they are no longer worshiping... Do not feel guilt if you cant listen to worship music all the time. To sing and pray to music are not bad things, every one needs to take time singing and praying to the Lord. The bible tells us to!  But this is my point right now, listening to music and singing along is not the definition of worship. It is a part of what worship is but it is not the definition. And when we don't know what the biblical difinition of what something is we miss what God is trying to say in that portion of scripture. Worship is much more than just music and it encompasses our whole life.
     My point today is that worship is not music. Music is a part of worship to God but is not the definition.
     This is the first part in a series of posts on worship. I will be going over what is worship, what that looks like in our lives, and how we got to the current definition of worship, and how music works in worship.
     If you have any questions feel free to contact me at bloom@rcceg.org or grab me on a Sunday morning and ask away.

Jesse