How To Worship God
Worship is not just about singing or dancing before the Lord as you would see in your church. Singing or playing an instrument before God is just one of the ways in worshipping Him. In fact, to worship God is a lifestyle. When Jesus spoke to a Samaritan woman in (John 4:23-24 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”), he said, “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.”
Our worship to God must come from the inside, the motives and contents of our hearts, and also in truth which is our knowledge and obedience to His Word. God looks at our hearts more than what people are seeing us from the outside. When God sees that our hearts are aligned to His Word, it brings joy to His heart because you can be a carrier of heaven on earth.
Therefore, worship is your way of life before God. How do you live by every day? Do you love your neighbors? Do you forgive the trespasses of your enemies? Do you obey your parents? Do you seek God and His Word and obey? During the time of Jesus, the Pharisees had always shown off their good deeds to the people and they were well respected. However, Jesus said in (Matthew 23:25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.), “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.” What Jesus meant in this scripture is that what is on the inside of us is more important than our outer appearance.
Sometimes, people can get you too on the outside even when you are truly obeying God but you do not have to please them and stop obeying God. God knows that you are doing His will and sometimes, you can be hated because of Jesus but to God, this is a worship from you that pleases Him.
Moreover, to worship according to God’s Word is also by the way you take care of your body. (Romans 12:1 says Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.) “I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” Why do you think your body is important to God?
First of all, it is God’s temple. Your body is a temple of God. Therefore, whatever you do with it can either hinder or help you fulfill the plans of God in your life. If you are eating junk foods every day without discipline, your body will get sick and your life will be shortened and that is not what God wants to happen. He desires to give you a prosperous life even in health. Secondly, your body is bought with a great price – the blood of Jesus Christ. This is how important your body is and when you take good care of your body by eating the right kinds of food, getting proper sleep and having exercise for the sake that God would be able to use you in such a long run, you are offering a spiritual act of worship before the Lord.
