Worship Beyond The Song

Worship is essentially one of the basic foundations in the life of every christian. At some points in our lives, we've all worshiped in one form or another. But one may ask, what is worship? Most of us were raised to believe that worship is just a style of music. And our understanding of worship was simply what we do after praises before the preaching.. Our perception of the difference between praises and worship is merely just the pace of the music with worship being considerably less chaotic and more intimate than praises.

Until we realise that worship is way more than music, we will not be able to worship God in the way he wants us to. Everything we do at church is worship-preaching, bible reading, offering etc are all different forms of worship because they bring pleasure to God if they are done in truth and in spirit.

This brings us back to the question... What is worship that is true in the eyes of God?

In James 4:23-24 the Bible mentions that "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
This tells us that worship is far beyond music and just exalting God with our words. In Matthew 15:8 Jesus said "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." Therefore, from here we can learn that worship predates music, preaching, offering or even church going. Worship is a lifestyle, and beyond the singing and dancing and our conventional understanding of what worship is. Worship is love, forgiveness,gratitude, how you treat people, being quick to listen and slow to anger, being generous,being humble etc. Worship is doing things as if you were doing it for Jesus, Worship is loving like Jesus.

Worship is any act that is done wholeheartedly which brings glory to God as in doing this, we let our "light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven".  Essentially worship isn't just a part of your life, worship is your life.
Worship is a lifestyle