Worship is a wonderful and funny thing. I say “funny” because it is so easy for us to miss the point of worship. Hughes Oliphant Old maintains that “we worship God because God created us to worship him. Worship is at the center of our existence, at the heart of our reason for being.”

This is what Augustine was saying when he said – “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”

If we are made for worship and worship is at the center of our existence then it stands to reason that worship must be God focused and consumed with the glory of God. After all, the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever (WSSC Q1).

But, our modern, narcissistic culture wants to worship to be happy and fulfilled and I think we miss the point. Sometimes worship does make us happy, but sometimes true worship disturbs us and unsettles us.

I believe corporate worship is about us bringing the fruits of our individual worship throughout the week and joining it all together to the praise of God Almighty. If I am not worshipping throughout the week it affects my corporate worship and if I am not worshipping corporately I am not able to worship through the week as I should.

So, let’s bring hearts of great joy as we bow before the God who made us and redeemed us in worship this Sunday!