Worship, what a refreshing thing!

Tonight I came to appreciate singing praises to my Lord and Savior more than ever before. It seems odd to me that a simple song that I have heard many times before brought me to take this oh so regular act of the Christian life to a newer and deeper understanding. In the past the act of singing Hyms or songs in general was quite easy and regular for me. Since I have been in Argentina this has not really been as possible because of the songs being in Spanish; which makes them feel much more like a language lesson than anything else. This caused something I hope to never experience again which is an empty dry feeling that slowly came over me that I was taking as normal, very similar to when you are so dehydrated you no longer seem thirsty you just accept it. I find it quite interesting that me not singing things to God left me unknowingling empty and lacking this part of my relationship with him.

Now that I have lived in Argentina for around 3 months and have been studying I am able to think a little in Spanish. The song that made me aware of my need was "Oh how he loves me", when I started to be able to digest and think of the words that I was saying I realized how much this part of my life had been lacking over the last few months. This ability to express my love to him through song had not really been possible in the past few months. A moment when I quit thinking of myself and focused soully on his love and wanting to know him more. Its not that I had been away from his word or not in prayer but the act of worhip had been missing and this privledge we are given is something I feel we pass over many times in our lives.

I have always loved to grow in my knowledge of God and how he loves us; but one very intersting thing I had never realized was that David a man after God's own heart was a man of worship and praise. Most everything we know about David points to his love of worship and how he did it with such great passion for the Lord he served. I always looked at other charateristics and not that one when I read about David in the past. I feel that many times we sing and praise with no real grasp of just how much of a privledge it is and how much joy our Father takes from it.

The other thing that really struck me was not only how refreshing worship is; but that worship is one way of being humble before God. When we worship we do not praise ourselves or speak of all the great and wonderful things we do. We speak of how Jesus loves us and how we are continously seeking after him and desiring a deeper relationship with him. By vocally proclaiming our love and admiration for God we are honoring him to a place that I feel I fall short of on a regular basis. I began to see that the humble nature that worship brings into our lives also brings us closer to Him. I hope to continue to put Christ in his rightful place in all parts of my life. I hope that being able to worship the Lord helps me to want to serve him more. I hope to always be praising him for all he has done in my life.