Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Worship and the Fear of God


When God is in heaven, and present with us during worship in much the same way that he is present with us in all of life, everywhere, but also abstractly distant, then our concentration upon him during gathered worship is mainly an individual concentration of thought and affection in the heart.

But, if the Christ whose face shone as the sun to John is really near in worship, even "in the room" where two or three are gathered together in his name, would not there be a Scriptural Awe of God in his worshipers?

Does a form of worship which understands the presence of God "in the room" during worship tend to communicate the nearness of God to those who participate in it?  The very "realistic" look and feel of liturgical worship, done in the Spirit should bring us back for more, for He is there!

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