Heart of the matter… True Worship

Imagine. Honest, real, no pretence, intimate, complete God focused worship.  What would that look and feel like in the very depths of our hearts?

Pastor Mike Pilavachi of the Soul Survivor Church in Watford England during the late 1990s, challenged his congregation to think about their attitude to worship. Was their worship a true offering of praise and honor to the Lord or had it become a vehicle to feed self?  From that challenge Matt Redman wrote the song Heart of Worship. The rest as they say is history.

That was then. This is now. Has anything changed? When we attend corporate worship opportunities or enter in to personal times of worship, is it about God?

Do we keep it ‘real’ in our worship? Do we remain intimate and God focused?

The Psalmist proclaims…. 'I will praise you O’ Lord with all my heart.  I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing and praise your name on high' Ps 9: 1 (NIVLA)

It’s in the total offering of ourselves in humble, joyful; full heart focused adoration of God, that we can then experience rich Christ centred worship.

By Avis Owen