Our Lord said in John4:24, God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. Webster defines worship as chiefly and eminently the act of paying divine honors to the supreme Being; or the reverence and homage paid to Him in religious exercises consisting in adoration, confession, prayer, thanksgiving and the like.

It is obvious that God is to be the focus of our worship. There are passages such as Genesis 17 and Exodus 34 that give us examples of true worship. These passages, among others show men prostrating themselves before almighty God with a deep sense of His greatness and His holiness. While worship is more often than visible and vocal, such as the song of Moses in Exodus 15 or the dance of David in 2 Samuel 6, the goal of worship is to reveal the supreme worth of our God and to express our adoration of Him. Our Saviour is to to be the focal point of our worship.

Our great God and Savior does not appear to be the focus of modern worship. Unfortunately, the songs of today are man-centered with a design to appeal the flesh. As young people bounce to the music, they are enjoying the music rather than reflecting on the magnificence of God. The modern song writer would not pen such words as ” a mighty fortress is our our God” or ” Praise to the Lord the almighty the King of creation. These new songs are a tell tale sign of a generation that has brought the Sovereign of all down to man’s level. Gone is the sense of awe and wonder of our great God and Savior, not to mention the fear.

Let us then be sure that our songs are geared to glorify God, let us be sure that our clothing at church is a true reflection of our attitude toward the Almighty, and above all may our sermons be ground in scripture with the intent to call sinners to flee from the wrath to come and the goal of building mature Christians conformed in the image of Christ.