Worship.

I love worship, especially corporate worship with fellow believers. I love listening to the music fill the sanctuary, hearing my friends’ voices raised in song, and seeing hands raised in praise and adoration of the only One who is worthy of our praise.

But lately, I’ve been thinking about how I want my worship to be more than a song. I want my life to be lived in worship of my Savior. Often, worship looks more like obedience than a song. And it’s usually more about the attitude of my heart and actions of my hands than the words I’m saying.

Sometimes worship looks like helping out your neighbors and friends. Sometimes it looks like choosing to hold your tongue when you really want to speak hateful words. Usually, worship involves setting aside my own desires and choosing to glorify God instead of myself. It means sacrifice for the One who is worthy. It means choosing to serve God and others in a world that magnifies self. It means living the way Jesus taught, when it’s easy and when it’s hard.

Worship is about the life I live to bring glory to my God just as much as the songs I sing.

I want to worship with more than my words. I want to worship with a life that reflects Him. I don’t just want to worship. I want to be a worshipper.