“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God.” Ecc.5:1
God centered worship is aimed at the satisfaction of God – the One to whom all worship is due. Man centered worship is aimed at the satisfaction of the worshipper.
In the Bible we find that Canaanite worship of Baal was extremely engaging of the passions and the emotions so that the individual would always come away with a satisfying experience. Today, our culture defines worship according to the old pattern of the Canaanites. Baal worship is making a comeback under the new guise of freedom.
What is true worship? Biblical worship engages the whole person, heart, mind and body in a God-mandated, God-directed form for the corporate display of praise and satisfaction of our Triune God who is revealed as the Father who loves us, the Son who died for us, and the Spirit who fills us.
Weekly corporate worship of the called out ones (the church) is not optional, but the mark and vital sign of true authentic faith. We can no more absent ourselves from worship than we can cut off the vital beating of our heart or refrain from breathing. “You are not our own, you have been bought at a price…” (1 Cor. 6:19). Daily communion with God is always the daily supplement to the weekly essential sustenance of our souls.
