Worship through Obedience

So far in this series we have talked about how we worship through singing.  Tonight I want to focus an aspect of worship that if we understand, then as Christians we will begin to really get it.

When we think of worship what do we think of? Coming to church and singing songs, praying and listening to someone speak. That is our modern definition of worship. I want to look at something that we don’t think of much. Worship through obedience. This in my opinion is true worship. Obeying what God has for us to do is our act of worship. When we sing praises to God, we can worship; when we pray to God that is worship. But above all else I think that when we obey God that is worship. Let’s take a look at a couple of people in the Old Testament who show us a great picture of how our obedience to God is true worship.

1.      Genesis 22:2-12 – Abraham willing to sacrifice Isaac (Hebrews 11:17-19)

2.      1 Samuel 15:10-23 – Saul disobeys and is rejected as king

Jesus says in John 14:15, “If you love me keep (obey) my commandments.”

If we want to understand and experience true worship, the only way to do that is to obey what Christ has told us to do. So what has He told us to do? I want to focus on something that Christ gave us as His last command before He ascended into heaven. 

Matthew 28:16-20 – The Great Commission

People’s last words are important. It is often what they want to be remembered by after they are gone. Here Christ gives us a glimpse of what His life on earth was all about, and what our lives need to be focused on.

If obedience is true worship, that is what our lives need to be about. We need to be about bringing others to know who Christ is, and what He has done for us and wants to do for them. That is true worship, and that should lead us into the other forms of worship we have already talked about.