What is Worship?

Merriam-Webster defines "Worship" as -
Noun
1 chiefly British : a person of importance -- used as a title for various officials (as magistrates and some mayors)
2 : reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power; also : an act of expressing such reverence
3 : a form of religious practice with its creed and ritual
4 : extravagant respect or admiration for or devotion to an object of esteem

Transitive Verb
1 : to honor or reverence as a divine being or supernatural power
2 : to regard with great or extravagant respect, honor, or devotion intransitive verb : to perform or take part in worship or an act of worship

Easton's Bible Dictionary defines "Worship" as -
homage rendered to God which it is sinful (idolatry) to render to any created being.

So...

What is "Worship?"

Is it raising your hands high, in praise and worship to God Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth?
Is it shooting heroin into your veins?
Is it drinking alcohol to excess?
Is it having an extramarital affair?
Is it overspending?
Is it watching professional sports?
Is it sex?
Is it porn?
Is it exercise?
Is it life?

I like what Jesus Christ says about worship, in the Gospel of John-

"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." John 4:24 NASB

I have learned the hard way, that worship has many facets and faces. We worship many things in this life. I once heard on the radio "If you want to find out what you worship, just look at your checkbook/checking account." OUCH!!! Man that is harsh!!!

It is the TRUTH.

I always try my best to seek out the truth in everything, and also try to live out truth in my life. The reality is human beings do not want to hear the truth. This is something that started way back when our earthly father Adam and our earthly mother Eve, knew the truth, yet they chose to disobey the truth and go against God. Ever since that point in time, we have done our dead level best not to hear, accept or embrace truth. We convolute, rationalize and minimize the truth and bend it to our wants and desires.

Here's the truth in my life just for today:

I am weak and poor without Jesus.
I am totally depraved without God's mercy and grace.
I can do nothing outside the perfect will of God.
I am totally loved by my Savior Jesus Christ.
I am washed by the Blood of Jesus Christ, which makes me whiter than snow.
My God, My Father In Heaven looks at me through the eyes of Jesus and He says that I am more precious than the finest jewels or precious stones.
My LORD disciplines me like a father who disciplines his son, because He loves me
I have an eternal inheritance with God and Jesus Christ in Heaven.

Do you have an intimate, loving relationship with the One who created You???
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Jesus.

I pray that if you know of Jesus, but do not "know Him" intimately, that you come to Him now. He stands at your heart's door and knocks. Only you can open the door because His side does not have a handle or door knob. He promises to you, that when you open your heart's door to Him, He will come inside and fellowship with you.

Be prepared for radical changes in your life once this occurs. It may not happen all at once, but He is the only one who can change our hearts of stone into hearts of flesh.

May His Love Pour Over You :)