Ordered Abandon

This Post is a Quote by Aaron Gillespie

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In worship a lot of times, we get confused with the order. We get wrapped up in what our church is doing, and we forget that if we worship God first, I believe that's where our hope is found, and that's where our victory is found. If you look at The Lord's Prayer, it doesn't say "give us this day our daily bread" first, it says "Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name." Holy be His Name. His Kingdom come, His will be done.

Order is an important thing in our Christian walks, and I believe we miss that a lot when we ask God for things and ask God to take us places and do things for us, whether it is financial, physical or motivational. People do that before looking at the reality of Scripture and Who God is. He is so massive and so Holy. We need to give Him praise. For me, that's what worship is about. It is our strongest ally. It is our strongest question asker. It is our strongest defense against the enemy.

A lot of times, we look at worship in just a congregational setting and we forget that worship is something that is in prayer, in life, that we live. I was writing a song a few years ago with Paul Baloche. He told me that when you are writing a worship song, you are giving them a vocabulary of order. It is the first thing they are doing in a service. It is a sacred time.

I have a friend I used to tour with, and he would also quote John 8:12 about how whoever follows Jesus will never walk in darkness, but have the Light of life. It is interesting to think about how we walk in darkness unless we've had the Light of Christ in our lives. The "light of life" is a beautiful way to say that. It's really easy to take our salvation or personal journey with Christ and turn it into something inward. In Psalm 106 the writer says "We were saved for Your glory to make Your name known." It's not about us. It draws us to Christ. I love the idea of making Jesus famous. That's our whole meaning. We need to focus on that more, and we'll have a much fuller life.