The Heart of Worship
by Matt Redman

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Psalm 132:7 - “"Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool”

Imagine this – you arrive at your church alone on Sunday morning.  As you sit down and wait for the worship music to start and for the pastor to give his words of wisdom for the day, you suddenly wake up from your sleepiness and find yourself in an abandoned building.  There is no sign of life anywhere near you.  The worship team isn’t there this Sunday morning.  The pastor is in a conference in a different city.  The rest of the congregation is missing.  What do you do?  Do you look around and proclaim that there is no church that Sunday?  Do you sit still and contemplate what’s happened?  Or do you get up and worship God like nothing’s different?

Worship is more than just singing out to God.  It’s more than hiding within a congregation at your church.  It’s more than living a good and moral life.  It is about absolute surrender, absolute humility to Christ at the foot of His throne.  It doesn’t matter if you’re not in tune or singing beautifully like an angel.  It doesn’t matter if we’re dressed a little more or a little less than the person next to us.  What matters is your heart.  Where is your heart in worship?

It’s all about God.  As the group Sanctus Real would put it, it’s all for an audience of One.  How often does your heart, your soul cry out during worship that “it’s all about You” Lord, “it’s all about Jesus”?  How often do you pour our your heart to God during worship, crying out to Him in song and spirit?  My friends, that is what worship is about.

I believe Matt Redman sums it up best when he says: “With the eyes of faith, we need to realize that worship is a "spiritual" event long before it's ever a "musical" event. We're caught up in the everlasting spiritual song that goes on day and night in the throne room of God. This is the reality of worship.” 

Let us come to the footstool of Christ’s throne worshipping Him in spirit and in truth!

Song Lyrics:
When the music fades
All is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that's of worth
That will bless Your heart
I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart 

I'm coming back to the heart of worship

And it's all about You,

It's all about You, Jesus

I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it

When it's all about You,

It's all about You, Jesus

King of endless worth

No one could express

How much You deserve

Though I'm weak and poor

All I have is Yours

Every single breath

I'll bring You more than a song

For a song in itself

Is not what You have required

You search much deeper within

Through the way things appear

You're looking into my heart

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