Have you ever gone to service feeling that you didn't get something out of it?
You probably have missed the point of true worship if you have thought this way. When we come to a place of worship and leave with the feeling that we did not get anything from the praise and worship, we should reconsider the meaning of praise and worship.
Worship is not for the purpose of obtaining anything from God, but giving to God. True worship is a life of respect and adoration for God because of who he is. In revelation 5 aspect of worship: “adoration of Gods being, declaration of Lambs worthiness, a celebration of Gods presence, submission to his authority and fearing and serving him”. The right attitude begins with recognizing God as the sole object of worship.When we begin to understand this, we will automatically feel the need to express our gratitude, our thanks, our adoration, our praises to him with all our heart. This is not for our benefit, or for the onlookers but it is the expression of our heart towards God, and God is pleased with this! We should worship him without being conscious of what others are doing, we should look up when we worship him, we should lift our hands, dance, kneel, bow, as what the bible teaches.
Worship involves the complete self, our body, mind and soul. A example of free worship is given below, for motor heads, I think you will like this example :)
"I thought about the above phrase and used a car to illustrate worship. The Spirit in like the petrol in a car. Without the petrol, you cannot start the car. After starting the car, you need to engage the gears. This is like engaging our soul, which consists of our mind, will and emotions to worship God. You need to worship God with your soul. Never park your brains outside when you worship God. Finally, worship is always expressed in our body, whether in a dance , song, laughter, lifting of hands, bowing down etc. Our body moves. This is likened to the wheels of a car. If a car does not have wheels, it cannot move. Some of our worship are like cars without wheels. We are totally frozen instead of being God’s chosen.
All worship must begin in our spirit. Our hearts must long for God. Our soul which is made up of the mind , will and emotions should then be engaged. Finally, worship should be expressed in some form of physical movement or vocal sounds."
-Ng Wah Lok
