Engage #2
How Should I Worship?
In John chapter 4 Jesus speaks with a Samaritan woman. A woman who is a social outcast. A woman who cannot go to the well to collect her water at the same time as the other women in the town for fear of abuse. A woman who finds satisfaction, some would say even her own sense of worship, in sleeping with a lot of men in the town. A woman who looks at the world around her and questions 'How should I worship?'
Lucky for her, the person she has this conversation with is the one true person who can provide the one true answer.
Jesus says to her "a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
And whether we like it or not this answer is one which impacts every part of our lives, every part of how we live.
Jesus explains this new way of worship is different to the old. It is not requiring a particular place or time. This doesnt mean we get to chose whenever we want though, it means its continuous!
So if worship is continuous, what does this look like? (are you picturing someone walking around the office singing songs to God for all to hear?!)
Obviously it means in everything.
Driscoll said something that i found helpful for applying this to the workplace.
Work is worship (ie to the glory of God) and witness (ie showing people you are regenerated).
And how do we work out if we are worshipping with our lives? Driscoll gave us a helpful little formula: glory + sacrifice = worship.
Work out who or what you live for, then work out what sacrifices you make to that position of glory. This is how you know what is most important in your life. And if it isnt God, change it!
Interestingly, Driscoll said as humans, we are all worshipers. We all live for something. Often it is not the one true God.
So are you living in worship or in idolatry?
What do you long for most?
Where do you find comfort?
What do you make sacrifices for?
Who's approval do you seek?
Some of these questions really hit me.Am I really living to please God, or everyone else around me? Even if i ultimately am living to please him, do i really make that sacrifice in every day or do i think about how others may perceive that decision or remark first? Am i carrying out the things i know i want to do in service of Him or is something holding me back?
Meanwhile also as promised, here are a few more pics from JT's bday for you...
Crossing the bridge post dinner...
In John chapter 4 Jesus speaks with a Samaritan woman. A woman who is a social outcast. A woman who cannot go to the well to collect her water at the same time as the other women in the town for fear of abuse. A woman who finds satisfaction, some would say even her own sense of worship, in sleeping with a lot of men in the town. A woman who looks at the world around her and questions 'How should I worship?'
Lucky for her, the person she has this conversation with is the one true person who can provide the one true answer.
Jesus says to her "a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
And whether we like it or not this answer is one which impacts every part of our lives, every part of how we live.
Jesus explains this new way of worship is different to the old. It is not requiring a particular place or time. This doesnt mean we get to chose whenever we want though, it means its continuous!
So if worship is continuous, what does this look like? (are you picturing someone walking around the office singing songs to God for all to hear?!)
Obviously it means in everything.
Driscoll said something that i found helpful for applying this to the workplace.
Work is worship (ie to the glory of God) and witness (ie showing people you are regenerated).
And how do we work out if we are worshipping with our lives? Driscoll gave us a helpful little formula: glory + sacrifice = worship.
Work out who or what you live for, then work out what sacrifices you make to that position of glory. This is how you know what is most important in your life. And if it isnt God, change it!
Interestingly, Driscoll said as humans, we are all worshipers. We all live for something. Often it is not the one true God.
So are you living in worship or in idolatry?
What do you long for most?
Where do you find comfort?
What do you make sacrifices for?
Who's approval do you seek?
Some of these questions really hit me.Am I really living to please God, or everyone else around me? Even if i ultimately am living to please him, do i really make that sacrifice in every day or do i think about how others may perceive that decision or remark first? Am i carrying out the things i know i want to do in service of Him or is something holding me back?
Meanwhile also as promised, here are a few more pics from JT's bday for you...
Crossing the bridge post dinner...The Deck next to Luna Park for drinks...
