What Worship is About

With many thanks to Dr. Stookey, I post this to guide your reflection on what worship is, as we prepare to approach the throne of grace tomorrow in various churches and places of worship tomorrow...

What Worship is About….

Worship is not first of all about me.

It is above all else about God—

       God’s marvelous glory,

       God’s boundless compassion, and

       God’s stubborn insistence

              on transforming the world

                      that divine love created and redeemed in Christ.

Next:

Through worship God wills and works

       to change all of us,

       to empower us by the Holy Spirit to minister as those

              who renounce injustice

                      in favor of justice,

              who reject greed

                      in favor of generosity,

              who forego self-direction

                      in favor of interdependent discipleship.

Only then  is worship about me,

       as I am a part of God’s “us.”

                                           Written by Laurence Hull Stookey