The Harp and the Bowl

I took a shot at my definition of worship below in my Jan25th blog post.   

I'd love to know how you define worship.  Please leave a comment and join the discussion.

I love the way this song smacks up against the realities of life.   Sometime we hit a hard place, a desert place, we find ourselves in the trial of fire.  But in all things, becasue of the unchanging reality of who God is, we have reason to sing praise, and we have access to victory if we'll but take it. This song gets at the heart of the aspect of worship as a responsibility, as I mentioned in my last post. That's not to downplay the sometime horrendous things we face in life. But if we can view them through the lens of the goodness and greatness of God, we can still offer to God the praises due his name. We can, as Psalm 29:2 says,

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name.

Worship him in the beauty of his holiness.

Worship is the natural and appropriate response to a genuine encounter with the living God. Worship is also the responsibility of every believer, because of who God is and what he has done for us.


Worship is not something you do primarily with your voice, with an instrument, or with your body but rather with your heart. What you sing, how you play and the movements you do in worship should be an expression of the worship that is in your heart.

Worship is not about music or songs, although music can promote the engagement of our spirit with God’s Spirit. Man has a spirit that inherently responds to music, because we are made in the image of God, the designer of music.

Worship should never be confined to a certain timeframe or location; it’s something you should do with your whole life. Sunday morning corporate worship service should be the overflow of what happens in the rest of your week.