DON'T MISS THE OBVIOUS ...

DON'T MISS THE OBVIOUS ...

Worship is all about HIM - not about YOU! I was reading through Psalm
150 this morning and two things jumped off the page. Read it for
yourself:

1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty
firmament! 2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His
excellent greatness! 3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise
Him with the lute and harp! 4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! 5 Praise Him with loud
cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals! 6 Let everything that has
breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!

Unfortunately worship divides rather than pulls us together. We get hung
up on what WE will get out of worship. We forget that the object of our
worship is not us - it's all about Him. Every phrase in this Psalm
instructs us to praise HIM! He is the FOCUS of our praise. We are
directed to use our particular instruments of worship not for ourselves
but for Him. From trumpets to cymbals! Wow. Can it be? And it says that
the clashing of cymbals are to be loud! (We'll just ignore the "d" word
...)

Worship is a blending of our individual personalities, likes and
dislikes, preferences and convictions to focus in on our great God! It
is the body of Christ coming together with a common purpose - Praise the
Lord! Someone said that if I am looking up in worship of Him I won't
have time to be looking around to see what's going on around me ...

This morning remember that worship is not about You! It's all about Him.
Praise the Lord! And do it with everything you've got! Let EVERYTHING
that has breath - praise the Lord.