Here is part two of my thoughts on worship. This is a small part of the training material I am putting together for our students this fall. I hope these words encourage you.
Ephesians 5:1 & 2 “Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
Paul exhorts us to live the same kind of life that Jesus lived – a life of love. But not only should we live like Christ, but also imitate God in his love for us. And when we do this our life of love becomes a fragrant offering and sacrifice also.
Worship is more than a service we attend or a song we sing – it is a life. It is how we live every day – as dearly loved children, imitators of God, living a life of love. Our very living of life becomes true worship to God.
Paul takes us back to what Christ has done for us – he gave himself up for us. He offered perfect worship to God for us through his death on the cross. We could never do that, but now we can worship in truth through our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
True spiritual worship starts in the death and resurrection of Jesus, and as we imitate God and live a life of love. This is the foundation of our true worship.
