off to the side

worship:  The reverent love and devotion accorded a deity, an idol, or a sacred object.
reverent love.
woah.


a few days ago i was talking with a dear friend about the church today.
all of it.
the good, the bad, and the ugly.
since then, i have been thinking about such things...and so much about true worship.
what is it?
singing Amazing Grace in church for the 1,482 time in your life?
bedtime prayers that are nothing more than part of the routine?
reading a few verses in your bible once a day?
listening to a preacher, singing Just As I Am, and then going out to lunch with friends?


no.


worship is life.
a reverent love and devotion to Him.
daily.
all day.
with every breath.


we, as the American church, have got this so wrong.
it's not supposed to be about us.
sitting where we want to sit, the songs we would rather sing, the feel good sermons...
church is about Him. 
worshiping Him.
all him.
not us.


no wonder we can't focus on worship...
we are too focused on ourselves.


our purpose on this earth is to bring Him glory.
plain and simple. 
it's all about him. not at all about me.
easy to say.
hard to accept.


it's like this...


you know those movies with the president, the queen, or an equally important person in the world is in a parade?
there's that one scene with all the people lined up on the side of the streets just hoping to get a glimpse?
those people are only in the movie for that one role. to bring attention to the star.
that's our role.
we are only in this movie called Life, to bring attention to Him.
to see Him pass by.
standing there on the side...
with reverent love and devotion.