Faith In Worship

You know what I love about good food? It’s tangible, nice to look at and delicious when consuming. When I’m hungry for food, it tastes, looks, and smells even better. However, before I indulge in a meal, I must prepare it first.

What all goes into preparing a meal?
1. Writing a list of ingredients down
2. Going to the store and purchasing supplies
3. Cooking the meal
4. Serving the meal

It takes effort, sacrifice, and physical work to see what once was nothing turn into a beautiful delicacy. After consuming it, we must do it all over again in order to enjoy the next meal.
This is how we should also view worship. The following are some key ingredients to worshiping God…

1. Worship Requires Faith
Worshiping a God we can’t physically touch, see or smell can be hard sometimes, but our faith is measured in our worship to God. When we worship, our faith is growing in ways we don’t see in the moment. When we *choose* to worship even when we don’t *feel* like it, God moves on our behalf.

Remember the words of Jesus to the Woman at the Well:
“But the time is coming - indeed it’s here now — when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.” -John 4:23

2. Worship Requires Sacrifice
When we give our praise, efforts, tithe, and offering to the Lord, we aren’t just acting out of worship, but also out of sacrifice. When we sacrifice our praise to the Lord, we are walking in obedience to Him and when we walk in obedience, we walk in His blessing.

Hebrews 13:25 declares…
“Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.”

3. Worship Requires Surrender
When we humble ourselves in worship, acknowledging that there is no other God greater and that we are nothing without Him, we are worshiping Him in complete surrender. That is when He can use us and speak to us. That is where our perspective shifts from “me” to “Him”. When we worship in a state of complete dependency on God, that is when we will completely be filled by Him. Living life on what He “says” instead of what we “want” is when we know we are living a life of surrender to the Father.

James 4:10 reminds us of this fact…
“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.” 

What I love about worship is that it’s never ending. Just as we need food everyday to fill us up physically, we need worship to do the same for us spiritually.

I urge you to press in as you worship and watch a breakthrough take place in your life. I pray this message has encouraged you and empowers you to shout, sing, and dance before the Lord because He is truly worthy to be praised!

With a Worshipful Heart,

Kristin Adkins
Surge Worship
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