"The essential, vital, indispensable, defining heart of worship is the experience of being satisfied with God. This satisfaction in God magnifies God in the heart. This explains why the apostle Paul makes so little distinction between worship as a congregational service and worship as a pattern of daily life. They have the same root – a passion for treasuring God as infinitely valuable. The impulse for singing a hymn and the impulse for visiting a prisoner is the same: a thirst for God – a desire to experience as much satisfaction in God as we can."
We don't want to be short-sighted in what we look to do with singing on Sunday morning. This is the goal in the preaching, reading Scripture together, the singing, praying and fellowship: to help each other find "as much satisfaction in God as we can."
Yesterday was a great day of corporate worship together. Meditate on this quote, study Scripture and read in pursuit of God's satisfaction, and next Sunday will be a sweet time too. Start prepping now!
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