My Life of Worship

I love it when things go or do as they should. I mean things work faster, smoother, smarter … just BETTER (!) when they are doing what they were designed to do or what they were intended to do. For example, I have been trying to get our church software “MyLife” (CCB management software) to make our upward sports registration, evaluation and then exportation into the ULM (Upward team development software) a smooth 3 step process that could lighten my load a bit. MyLife is a very powerful program, one that we are only now skimming the surface of, and the ULM is a pretty good piece of software …. but they were not intended to work together, they may if I knew how to force the issue, get it done - but Mylife was intended for church community management and the ULM was only intended for input - evaluate - team.

By the same measure we, mankind, were created, designed, intended to glorify God, we often find many other things to glorify - self, our job, our possessions, money, relationships, hobbies … other things - but that is not how we were designed - it is not what we were intended for.

Glorify: 1 a : to make glorious by bestowing honor, praise, or admiration b : to elevate to celestial glory
c: to give glory to (as in worship)  (from www.merriam-webster.com)

When we praise and glorify our great God we are living and working “as we should”!

I remember reading in a book by Louie Giglio (Today is his birthday BTW) that “When God is not greatly glorified, it is only because we don’t think He’s that great of a God. When our worship is small, it is because our God is small. When we offer God little-bitty sacrifices, it’s because we’ve somehow reduced Him in our hearts to a little-bitty God.” (Wired - Louie Giglio - Multnomah Publishers - 2006).

That is one of he reasons I am drawn to song lyrics or scripture that remind of limitless vastness of our Great God. Scripture like Job 38:1-42:6 (Wow - one of my favorite passages - God is awesome and He knows it!!!) and Songs Like: indescribable, God of Wonders, Glorious One, How Great is Our God, How Great Thou Art, My Glorious …. I’m Singing.

I love how Kari tells the world who she is singing (praising/glorifying):

Only one name lasts forever
Only one fame stands alone
Only one key has an anthem
That goes on and on and on

And I’m Singing to the God who brings redemption to the nations
Kings and oceans bow to Him in praise
And I’m Singing to the God who wrote the book on our salvation
To the One who covers me in grace
I’m Singing

Only one word in the beginning
Only one truth will prevail
Only one love brings you freedom
Only one Man took the nails

And I’m Singing to the God who brings redemption to the nations
Kings and oceans bow to Him in praise
And I’m Singing to the God who wrote the book on our salvation
To the One who covers me in grace
I’m Singing

Praise, Praise to the Savior
Praise, to the Lamb Of God
Praise, in all of His splendor
Praise, for saving my life

And I’m Singing to the God who brings redemption to the nations
Kings and oceans bow to Him in praise
And I’m Singing to the God who wrote the book on our salvation
To the One who covers me in grace

To get you talking …. what songs/lyrics or scripture reminds you that we do not praise a “small” God??? ——  Post a comment for some dialogue

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-b