By Kayla DeKraker
Churchgoers are familiar with the term “worship,” but do you know actually know what that means? Kirk Cameron dove deep into what true worship looks like on a recent episode of his podcast.
“God helps us understand who we are,” Cameron began. “According to His word, He says that worship is not something that we as human beings occasionally do and participate in when we sing or when we pray. Rather, He describes us as being designed as constant worshipers.”
Worship is part of who we are.
“Worship is actually our identity, long before it becomes an activity,” the actor explained. “Worshiping is what we do, and I’m demonstrating who I worship or what I worship by the things I say, the way I treat people, by the television I watch, the way I think about politics, the music and the poetry that I listen to and read, and the way I make decisions long before I ever step into a Wednesday night meeting or a Sunday morning service.”
Worship isn’t just specific to just Christians either. It’s not a matter of if we worship but who we worship.
“The desire to worship is in every single one of us, even atheists, even agnostics,” Cameron explained. “This is what fundamentally makes us human is that we are drawn to worship, to bow down and to seek after that which we perceive is going to give us life, and God put that within us to draw us to Himself.”
In John 4:23-24, Jesus gives the woman at the well insight into God’s desire for His people’s worship: “But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
“You are either worshiping God, the Creator of all things, and He will supply you with life, or you are actively worshiping some part of God’s creation, which reduces you and me to an idolater, where we are putting ourselves, or other people or other things in God’s rightful place,” Cameron explained.
He then read 1 Chronicles 16, which discusses how all of creation worships God:
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Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come before him.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.
Tremble before him, all the earth!
The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”Let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!Let the trees of the forest sing,
let them sing for joy before the Lord,
for he comes to judge the earth.
“So today, remember your worship is showing. Whether you call yourself a Christian or an atheist or whatever, who you worship, what you worship, is obvious to everybody,” he said.
What are you worshipping? This is a sobering but much needed question to ask ourselves as we aim to grow in faith.
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