Quick to Worship?

I want to start this post be defining the word 'worship.'

Worship: the feeling or expression of reference and adoration towards a deity

This post today is to get you thinking about something you might not usually think about. I want you to think about this question:

What does it take for you to worship God? Or in other words, what does it take for you to express or feel adoration towards God? 

This idea came from reading scripture that I have read many times in my life before. As I was reading it, this idea hit me out of nowhere and I loved it.

It actually comes from the Resurrection story. I wrote in my journal that the way this idea came from this passage is something you might not have ever thought of when you read the Resurrection story. I know that I have never thought this until today.

The Resurrection 

Now after the Sabbath, toward the down of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, and he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you." So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me." (Matthew 28:1-10)

What stood out to me more than anything is that when Jesus appeared and said, "Greetings!" they came up to him and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. This scene is incredibly powerful. I am sure a lot of people would have reacted this way. But the thought that came to me while I was reading is what causes us to worship God? Do we have to wait for a miracle to happen? Do we have to see a prayer answered before we worship God? I think it is a pretty fair question to ask and a fair thought as well.

I know for me, I really used to struggle with the concept of being quick to worship. This quick to worship idea is kind of like being optimistic and seeing the light in all things. If you know me fairly well, I would like to think that you see me as a positive person. I strive to be a positive person in all that I do! Positivity is something that is noticed and is a direct representation of your heart. Something bad could happen to me, but why dwell on that? It might suck, it might hurt, but why should something bad affect every other aspect of my life?

Maybe for you, there might be a lot of difficult things you are going through. I guarantee that if you make a list, you can come up with more positives. If it helps, make a list!

Why all this talk about positivity and what not? I believe we should always be worshipping God through the things we say and the things that we do. No matter what we are going through. There is always something that we can be thankful for. I believe that too often we wait for a miracle to happen or something that is just good. All good and perfect things come from God.

When I hear somebody talking about how terrible their day is going, I always like to ask this question, "Did you wake up this morning?" Good and perfect things happen the second you wake up every single day.

I challenge you to worship God through it all everyday. Don't wait. If we wait it could be too late. God is good. Life is good. Get in a habit of saying those two things and your mindset and outlook will begin to change.

Imagine a life where we are quick to worship...