Worshipping GOD

When you look at the issue of worship within the church, where do you say the emphasis really lies? On the worship? Or, on God?

Without hesitation, I aver that the emphasis, almost universally within the professing church today, is on the worship.

That's why we have worship bands/groups, worship leaders, worship songs, worship services, etc.

What is forgotten in all this is Who it is we are worshipping! Our worship tends to be directed towards the worship of worship, not the worship of God. It is better to focus on getting the worship right, than Who is being worshipped. Problems arise in many churches when God is brought into the idea of worship, because what He sees as being acceptable worship is decidedly NOT what the modern church believes and practices today.

Unless and until the church returns to what is the acceptable worship of God, she is erring greatly. To do this, she must denounce her current idolatrous worship, and get back to Who God is, and what He wants. He has told us Who He is, and He has told us how He is to be worshipped. And the one thing that is prohibited here is innovation!

May God teach the church this lesson before it is too late.