Title Let's restore the emotion of worship
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Hymn: 361 “The Peace of the Lord”
Meditation: Have you ever had your life restored through worship?
Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
Text: 2 Samuel 6:12-19
Word: Worship is a dream. In verse 13, when David moved the ark, he offered sacrifices of cattle and fat. In verse 17, David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. David's offering of sacrifices in today's terms means offering worship. When you worship, you give your time, devotion, material, and talent. Open worship, which is popular these days, should be a worship service, not a performance to watch. To put it in precise terms, we need unbelievers to come and see our worship.
Worship is enjoyment. In verse 15, David and all the people of Israel sang with joy and blew their trumpets. In verse 16, David danced with all his might. David ran and danced. In verses 18-19, David blessed the people and distributed food. In today's terms, I enjoyed God by mobilizing vocal music, instrumental music, and dance.
On the other hand, in verse 16, David's wife Michal looked down through the window and saw David jumping and dancing before the Lord, and in her heart she despised him. In verses 21-22, David told Michal, who despised him, that he would play before the Lord. They were moved by the grace that God had forsaken Saul's family and made David king over Israel. Even if they appear humble before God, they will exalt God to the fullest and enjoy Him to the fullest.
Worship is descending. It was heard in David's ears that the Lord had blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that he had because of the ark. There were rumors that the Obed-Edom house was blessed with God and worshiped well. If you worship properly, God will bless you like Obed-Edom's family.
In order for a life car to run briskly, it needs to be supplied with blessed gasoline. Worship time is the time when blessing gasoline is supplied. Is your life car running strong and smooth? Or are you driving with the low fuel warning light on?
When we worship God with ourselves and our lives, worship that enjoys God's grace and God, and worship that brings God's blessings, the emotion of worship is restored. When worship comes alive, life comes alive.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, through the three elements of worship, ‘dream’, ‘enjoy’, and ‘fall’, restore the emotion of worship. May life come alive by surviving worship. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.