A Life of Worship

 Bible Reading:  Colossians 3

Focus Verse: Colossians 3:23  "And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men." and also verse 6 "Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts."

Colossians 3 instructs about the life that we have in Christ.  There are many things that we are supposed to put away, but also things to begin doing.  Some people come to church with great expectations of what they can get out of it.  But they fail to realize that God wants them to contribute to the service.

Something that I want to focus on today is verse 16. "...Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts."  If people have not been worshiping God the other 6 days of the week, then they cannot effectively worship Him on Sunday.  They need to be in a right relationship with God for worship to take place.  The word worship comes from the old English word meaning "worthship."  This means you worship something because it merits (or is worthy) of our worship.

Many people in the world today are worshiping the wrong thing.  I see people worship money, success, other people, their home, their business, sports teams, maybe even themselves.   It's not wrong to have these things, but if it is more important than God it is wrong.  Only God is worthy of our worship.

We worship when we glorify God with our lives in all we do and say.  We all have different gifts from God.  Maybe you cook, build homes, fish, operate your business, or you do your school work well.  If we do all these things well for the glory of God, then this is a form of worship to Him.  Don't do just enough to get by, but do your best as unto the Lord.  Keep in mind who we are serving.  Even if you have a boss, ultimately you are doing your job for Jesus, because He gave you the ability to do it.  This will be a testimony and a witness for Him.  We can live an effective life of worship to Him every day.

Bobby Johnson

Interlocking Ministries