Oh Come, Let Us Adore Him

I'm reading a book now…It seems I have started other blogs this way. The book is about how to worship God. Every Christian author, it seems to me, has the key to meaningful worship. And their key is different from every other Christian author’s key. I guess it’s a way to sell their book but it also shows that we are confused about how we are to worship God. What happened to the good old days when our “greats” and “grands” didn't think twice about how to worship? They didn't read books. They didn't attend worship conferences. They just worshiped. They didn't question it. They just worshiped.

The author of the book I'm reading disclosed the fact that by his calculations 8 out of 10 believers do not feel that they have had a time of worshiping in the presence of God on a weekly basis. That means definitely not on a daily basis either. I don't know if these stats are legitimate or not but it shows that we modern Christians have a problem with meeting with God in a meaningful way.He says the obstacles we face in our century are hindering us from encountering God. It’s true we have more stress at the workplace, and technology has cluttered all of the spare time our “greats” and “grands” had. We have too much required of us and too much to do and not enough day to do it in. The author spends over 200 pages teaching how to worship. And he can be hired to teach conferences also if further instruction is needed.

In my introspective moments away from this book I've wondered just how people knew how to worship before all of this instruction was presented by our current Christian authors?

David the shepherd and king of Old Testament fame was a self-taught worshiper. He said in Psalm 95:6-7 "Oh come, let us worship and bow down;let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand."

And he wasn't the only shepherd that figured it out on his own. Luke 2:15-20  states,"When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, 'Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.' And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child... And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them."

The shepherds, not considered learned theologians of their day,  knew instinctively how to worship after they encountered Christ just once.

We, who have the opportunity of a daily encounter with the living God, say we don't feel like we have done any worshiping.

So let’s take a moment now.

Let’s worship right now.

Let’s stop while we are reading this and sing this in our hearts:

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant. O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.

Come and behold Him born the King of Angels.

O come, let us adore Him.

O come, let us adore Him.

O come, let us adore Him, 

Christ the Lord!

I had a little worship moment. Did you?

Have a wonderful time of Christmas worship with your family and friends.