The Worship Heart

Ever wonder where worship comes from? What makes you raise your hands high to God? What makes you stand in awe of His presence....and most importantly, what makes you bored, tired of the worship leader, and ready for the sermon to end so you can go eat some "Sunday-after-church" mexican food.

Ever noticed that distracting slide on the screen thats not right with the words? Ever felt upset by the fact that the worship leader closes his eyes and doesn't look at you? Ever realize that you can play a whole lot better than that loser on the guitar? We in "American-Christendom" have to have the best of the best on the stage. Great sound, great media, great looking band, and always great songs!

Man, God is so thrilled with our attempt at excellence. He thrives on it. Nothing excited Him more. He never has been real concerned with the untalented. He never really liked the unqualified and the "in-need-of-improvement." Or are we missing something?

In Peru (country in South America) I attended a worship gathering in a dirty grass hut. I had traveled an hour on some bus to get to the saddest part of the Peruvian country. There was little houses made of grass and metal. And the church was a grass box where about 50 people (mostly kids) could fit. There we had our worship service. Smelly, sick kids, no sound system, no "American Eagle magazine" worship leader. Just a man, who had given his life away to this church, and a room filled of poverty-stricken Peruvians. But boy did they worship.

No, they didn't pull out the subwooferss, didn't sound check, didn't even have words on any screen (due to electricity loss). But they laughed, sang out real loud, prayed, and thanked God for their abundance. ABUNDANCE??????

Worship has always been about the heart. Here is my challenge to you:

Go to a bad worship service, hear a horrible singer, make sure the words are all wrong, make sure the people aren't cool, hip, and trendy....and worship God. Not because He is smaller than the distractions...but because He has always been bigger.