Worship

(Posted January 21, 2009)

Worship...what trivial word for such a deep and extraordinary act.

Worship. Ordinarily, we find ourselves instinctively worshiping in sanctuaries amid the happiest hours, when everything falls right smack where they should be, when we find favor in what we do, when our deepest prayers are answered, when we experience unimaginable breakthroughs and when we are at our most convenient state. It isn't too hard to be grateful and, thereupon, act in worship when situations are in accordance to our expectations.

But when happiness deserts us, when we're thrown at a completely opposite situation, when weariness burdens us, when jubilation and laughter beat a hasty retreat and when things happen contrary to what we expect and hope it to be, how exactly do we respond? do we still find reason to worship the Lord or does worship develop into nothing but a feeling which fluctuates from time to time depending on the state of the flesh?

One thing I know...true worship is not dependent on situations. It is a state of the heart. When our heart is right with God, then even if we find ourselves at the highest peak of a mountain or at the bottom of a pit, there will always be infinite reasons to worship the Lord!