Acts Of Worship

My good friend Jon Price once said, that "when we sing praise and worship God, it ushers in His Kingdom. Worship sets the tone of our relationship with Him in that moment". That is one of the most beautiful things that I have ever heard in my life.


Jon Price leads the worship team at our church. He is one of the most spirited people that I know. I had the privilege of traveling to Honduras with Jon on a mission trip. Sitting around a campfire beneath the Honduran sky filled with stars, while Jon alone strummed on his guitar and softly sang love songs to God, were some of my favorite moments of that trip.

Worship is defined as: to treat somebody or something as divine and show respect by engaging in acts of prayer and devotion. Worship can take on many forms. It doesn't just have to be singing and lifting praise to Him. It can be two guys talking about God, and what He has done in their lives. It can be a small group of people, going out and serving their community, to show God's love for them in a practical way. It can be a husband and wife sharing a sunset together, and acknowledging Who is responsible for the beauty of it. It can be when my little girl holds my hand at night, as she pours out her heart to God in prayer before I say "good night" to her. Worship can take on so many forms. Anything that we do as an act of respect and acknowledging that God's hand is in it, is a form of worship.

I think one of the most important things about worship, is to make it authentic. Do it wholeheartedly. Don't just do it to do it. We can miss out on a truly moving experience if we deny worship of it's power. One of the things that I have had trouble with in the past, is raising my hands while singing praise to Him in church. I always felt self conscious of it, as if everyone would be starring at me. I remembered when I was beginning my walk with Christ, and how I would study everyone around me; especially during worship. Someone told me, that when we stretch out our arms to Him, our arms act as antennae. It's as if we are reaching up to our Daddy. Wanting to receive Him. Wanting Him to pick us up just so we can be held by Him. I did this for the first time last week. I can't even describe the feeling that it gave me. In one word, it was "Incredible"!


What are some ways that you worship God? When was the first time that you raised your hands in praise to Him, and how did it feel?

Jon Price and Alejandro doing worship together in Honduras