In Luke’s Gospel, chapter 7, the story is told of ten lepers who begged Jesus to have pity on them and heal them. He told them to go and show themselves to the priest. That was what the law required. As they obeyed and went, they were cleansed. One of them, a Samaritan, when he saw that his body was healed, turned back and worship Jesus with thanksgiving and praise. Jesus, told him to “rise and go; your faith has made you well.” The other nine, well, we can only imagine what happened to them.
I wonder if one of the truths presented by this story is not the way most of us Christians behave when it comes to worship. We just do just enough to stay saved. We say our prayers to keep our consciences clear, we read our Bibles out of duty, we go to church to present ourselves – we do just enough of what is required, but nothing more. We stop short of worship.
Worship is more than fulfilling obligations or maintaining the trends. Worship is taking time out to get into the presence of God and be alone with Him, to draw near with thanksgiving and praise, to lay at Jesus’ feet with gratitude and acknowledgement for who He is and what He has done, to know Him and to allow Him to know us for real. Worship is intimacy with our God that transcends any thing mortal or man-made. Worship often comes from the most unexpected places and from the most unexpected people. Don’t plan it. Just do it. The Father is seeking such who will worship Him in spirit and in truth. Will you be one of them?
Blessings!