Worship

I recently received the following email from Mark Nenadov:This is also an excerpt from "Pulpit Crimes" by James White in the "Entertainment Without a License" chapter. I think these questions are a great starting point in examining our motivations and attitudes regarding worship, both individually and communally. (I've changed the format so each question gets a separate line)

God bless,
~Mark

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The real issue in the scenario with which I began is this: why?

Why do we do what we do?

What is our ultimate goal?

Why do we dress as we dress?

Why do we allot time as we do in our services?

Why do we preach as we preach?

Why do we sing, and why do we sing in the way we do?

Do we care about what this world will think of our activities?

Where is God in all of this?

Do we seek to meet Him in His truth, begging the Spirit to use the word to reveal to us the depths of our own hearts so that we may be changed and made better servants of His?

Do we think He is lucky to have us around, or do we tremble at the thought of approaching Him, not out of fear of retribution or wrath (being in Christ), but because we stand in awe of His glory, His power, His condescension, His grace?

Are we more concerned about making a misstep in our performance for the audience, or about the purity of the motives of our hearts before God with whom we have to do?

These are the questions that separate worship from entertainment.It was good for me. Great questions. Challenging.