I mentioned in my last blog that I believe that many people in the church (not just at The Summit) do not really understand what worship is. Far too many people think that worship is when we go to church and sing some songs. Period. So, the thinking goes, some people like to worship, but some people don’t. And that’s OK.

But that’s not OK…because that’s not a biblical understanding of worship. First of all, we don’t go to church. We are the church! I know, I know…we all say it, including me (we “go to church”), but I think that over time, we’ve actually begun to buy in to it, and we’ve forgotten that wherever we go, we are the Church – and can and should seek glorify God in all that we do and say!

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” Rms.12:1

I love how Eugene Peterson paraphrases it in The Message: “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him.”

Do you see?! It’s so exciting, really! Every single aspect of my life is to be as unto the Lord – that’s worship! You see, the fact is, we all worship, all the time. Every day, all day long, in every place, we worship. It’s what we do. It’s who we are. It’s how we were designed to be. We are all worshipers! Worship is our response to what we value most…and there’s the rub. We’re not all worshiping the Living God, the One who is most worthy of our attention, devotion, admiration, and affection.

So, if we’re not all worshiping Him, how do we know where and what we worship? It’s actually pretty easy – we simply need to follow the trail of our time, our affection, our energy, our money, and our allegiance. “At the end of the trail, you’ll find a throne; and whatever, or whomever, is on that throne is what’s of highest value to you. On that throne is what you worship.”

That’s a quote out of another book I just finished called The Air I Breathe by Louie Giglio. Great book! “The ‘thing’ on that throne might be a relationship. A dream. A position. Status. Something you own. A name. A job. Some kind of pleasure. Whatever name you put on it, this ‘thing’ is what you’ve concluded in your heart is worth most to you”…and that’s what you worship.

It’s quite sobering, actually, if we are willing to honestly and regularly assess our lives in light of this truth. Worship isn’t just what we do on Sunday morning. Worship is a way of life. So, what is your life proclaiming?