Faith Expressed In Love

I can remember vividly sitting in my room as a senior high student, getting worship sheet music for the first time, and learning Here I Am To Worship on the guitar.  In the midst of me figuring out the chords to a song I had sung a hundred times, for some reason it hit me anew, the magnitude of the words I was singing.

I had always enjoyed worship songs, but hadn’t ever put much thought into the what the lyrics said.  Lyrics like “light of the world, you stepped down into darkness, opened my eyes, let me see”.  The imagery of a God who was so much bigger than I could even begin to fully appreciate, coming down to earth for me.  I remember being broken in that moment, alone in my room.

I began to see worship as more than just an obligatory social activity at every church service.  Instead, viewing it as communication with the creator.  Speaking truths about his goodness and mercy.  At the very core, the songs we sing are a prayer in which we lift up our admonitions and requests, and being a musical guy, the emotional tie of music made it all the more powerful and joyful.

To date, its easy for me to sometimes forget this and get stuck in the rut of obligingly singing our three song set on Sunday morning because that’s just what you do.  In these moments, its so important to look back to the source, and think about the God we are worshiping, and immediately realize that in light of Him, I can’t help but worship.