So, Thanksgiving is upon us. Tomorrow!! I can’t believe how fast this year has flown by. I’m home in Omaha right now enjoying good time with family and friends from high school. I’ve had a hard time staying in the Word while I’ve been home… something about being here makes me spiritually lazy and I’m not a big fan of that. But anyway… I’ve been reading John Piper’s Desiring God, which has been GREAT and very thought-provoking.
I’ve been reading about worship and what worship is and how we so often worship in vain when our hearts are not engaged. As you reflect on what you are thankful for tomorrow, I am praying that the Spirit will stir your heart and your affections as you worship the Lord for His provision and blessings in your life!
Here are a few thoughts from Piper on worship:
“Worship must have heart and head. Worship must engage emotions and thought.”
“Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of His worth.”
“The engagement of the heart in worship is the coming alive of the feelings and emotions and affections of the heart. Where feelings for God are dead, worship is dead.”
“In the end the heart longs not for any of God’s good gifts, but for God Himself. To see Him and know Him and be in His presence is the soul’s final feast. Beyond this there is no quest. Words fail.”
I love this… “Saving faith also receives Christ as our Treasure. A non-treasured Christ is a non-saving Christ. Faith has in it this element of valuing, embracing, prizing, relishing Christ. It is like a man who finds a treasure hidden in a field and ‘from joy’ sells all his treasures to have that field (Matthew 13:44).”
Just some thoughts to digest regarding worship as you give thanks and digest your delicious Thanksgiving dinners… :]
I am so thankful for each of you and the place you hold in my heart, TCS. You are a blessing in my life! Keep seeking hard after Him!
For His glory,
Keri
