Pinhole Perspektiv

In the quest to offer up a lifestyle of worship that is reverent and acceptable to God as commanded in the scriptures, it is of paramount importance that we have an accurate understanding of who it is we are worshipping. If you are invited to a birthday party for a particular friend and you wish to bring a gift to express your feelings of friendship and gratitude to them, it is important that you know what type of person they are and the things they enjoy. It’s no use buying them a book on football when they are interested in music and have no interest in sports. This would not be in line with their personality and who they are. 
Likewise, in our own lives as we live as constant worshippers it is of utmost importance that we know this God that we worship.

Your theology determines your level of worship. When I say theology, I do not mean an academic theology of scholars, as not all of us can devote our lives to the depth of study that they can. I say theology in reference to our personal understanding of God as revealed to you through the Word, by the enabling of the Holy Spirit, in light of the supremacy of Christ. Therefore, I believe a ‘big view of God’ (good theology) leads to awe-filled and reverent worship.

Continuing from this, in our corporate meetings as we seek to be fully satisfied in Christ, thereby giving maximum glory to God and as a consequence edifying the body it is important that we remember who Jesus Christ is, so as to offer worship that is befitting to His character. So often we accept Christ as Lord and saviour, but then restrict Him in our hearts and minds to merely the One who died on the cross, enabling us to be reconciled to God. This is true, Christ is the ultimate and final mediator between us and God but this is not the only role He plays.

I heard a talk by (I think) Jeff Purswell who said that often we suffer from the Blue-Jean Jesus syndrome. This is to say that should Jesus arrive at one of our meetings, we would expect him to casually show up wearing ‘blue-jeans’ and sort of stroll in as any other member of the congregation. Sometimes we let the image of Christ in our hearts and minds fall to this level whereby we seemingly take Christ for granted and move on to other aspects of our faith. 
We forget that above all, Jesus Christ is the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords. Holy Holy Holy is He! Worthy is He of all praise, glory and honour. He is the victorious Lamb that will conquer Satan, establishing His Kingdom as promised when He walked the earth 2000 years ago.

We need to constantly be reminded that whilst Christ is a personal friend and comforter to all, He is also the King of Heaven! When we refresh our view of Christ as King, our worship and praise of Him is elevated! In addition to this, when we stop and think that He is on our side, that He has chosen us before the foundations of the earth to be co-heirs with Him, we have every reason to celebrate! Is there a greater reason to celebrate in all the world?

Thus lets us seek to be continually reminded by the Holy Spirit of the true magnitude and worth of this Jesus Christ - the lamb that was slain, the King that reigns.

As the disciples saw Christ walk on water and have a revelation of who He truly was, they could but worship! Let the same be true for us as we seek to magnify Jesus in our hearts, communities, churches and cities!