The Power and Purpose of Worship in Life

"Theology is, is rooted in two Greek words, okay? The first word is theos. Everybody say theos. That means God. The second word is logos. Everybody say logos. That means the word or rational thought. So if you don't learn anything else today, you just learn Greek. You're welcome." [00:01:07]

"But, but, but the theos and the logos, which is what in English we say the theology, that, that essentially just means the, the rationalized thought or understanding of the God of the scriptures. How do you view him? How do you understand him? And here's the thing. Whether or not you acknowledge it from a religious view, every single person, every single human being that exists has this innate knowledge that there is a God." [00:01:27]

"Now, even though we were created with that wisdom and with that understanding, the Bible talks about the human experience, what has happened since the fall of man, since creation, since Adam and Eve in the garden. And so what the question then becomes is, it's not do you know that there is a God or do you know God? The question is, has your theology grown to a level where you are appropriately viewing him, acknowledging him, and respecting him in a way that is conducive to who he is?" [00:02:41]

"Paul, the author of this writing, he's explaining the history of humanity after the fall of man. And he's explaining how we, as we began to have an evolved ideology, we simultaneously began to have a devolved theology. Because the more we started to view ourselves as these amazing, unique, wonderful beings, we needed to fill that void of something to worship or someone to worship. So we started to do this. We started to, we started to worship ourselves." [00:04:34]

"because here's the truth whether you consider yourself unreligious or whether you consider yourself to love God I'm just not really into the worship thing you are already worshiping something or someone no matter who you are I promise you you are already worshiping someone or something and of course you're not doing it like this you're not making a golden calf and and and doing the little seance thing you're not putting this golden fat man that you're just bowing like you're not you're you're too evolved mentally for that you do it in another way you justify why the best part of your time and your energy and your talents and your focus you justify why you have to give that thing all of your attention and adoration because subconsciously that is your God and you don't have to be religious to have a God you just have to have a be a human and if you are a human you are a worshiper and you are worshiping someone you're worshiping something or someone the question is not what it is or if you're doing it it's who it is and what you're worshiping we're all worshipers now here's now that you understand the theology of worship let's talk about this personal importance of worship and I think this is explained pretty well in Philippians chapter 4 verse 6 it says this don't worry about anything that's easy" [00:05:55]

"Do you know that the way God designed your mind in your little cerebral cortex the place where worry comes from and the place where thankfulness comes from reside in the same place. Meaning, you can only do one at a time. You cannot simultaneously worry and be grateful at the same time. Science just started figuring this out within the past few decades. Paul talked about it all the way in Philippians chapter 4. He says don't worry. Instead, pray." [00:08:41]

"He says don't worry about anything. Instead, use that same section of your mind to pray about everything, telling God what you need and thanking him for all he has done. That sounds like worship. Why? Because worry is just misplaced worship. Again, you are a worshiper. Everything about worship will come out of you in some form. So you have to question, what am I worshiping? You're probably worshiping your worry, which is why you're overwhelmed." [00:09:21]

"Because worship is a supernatural response to natural circumstances. Meaning, I can look at any situation and see a deficit of what I believe I need. And what I actually can experience or what I'm seeing in the moment. And that's when you have two choices. Do I worry about what I can't control or do I worship the one who is in control of everything? Do I treat God as another supplement or a resource or is he the source?" [00:11:41]

"so make sure that as you live your life you are not giving an unworthy worry your worship you are only giving the one who is worthy your worship now that's why it matters personally and individually but I want to I want to take you to a scripture because the reality of of the human experience is that there is constantly traumatic things happening to us anyone over anyone can attest now I want to take us to a place where we're going to see a person who had a lot to be worried about on the surface he he had a lot of responsibilities he was a leader he was a father he he has all this stuff happening around him and he finds himself in a position where he is overwhelmed anyone ever been there just overwhelmed and I want us to see what happens because the reason he is overwhelmed is because he started to distance himself and disconnect himself from the will of God and started to do things his way in his in what he made the most sense to him he tried to rationalize everything and here's the thing he wasn't that smart he tried to outsmart God he couldn't he didn't have the faith to trust in his creator or his God so he started to take his life and matters into his own hands he wanted to be in control any control freaks in here come on it can't just be me but I want us to see what happens to his life because this is what happens when you are in control of your life he he disobeys the Word of God he does his life" [00:15:38]

"His servants that love him and want the best for him, they say, we can't take more off your plate. You still got to be responsible. You still got to show up as a dad. You still got to show up as king. So it's nothing we can take from you, but there is something we can add to you. We need to add a worshiper to your atmosphere. We need to add a worshiper. We need to add a worshiper to your environment, because if we can bring a worshiper into this environment, the atmosphere can shift." [00:21:45]

"holy ground and you are not allowed here anymore I don't care how many generations you've been comfortable with I don't care how dysfunctional you've made my family I don't I do not it does not matter because when I show up the presence of God shows up and it is not my being passive it is my being assertive and aggressive and declaring and playing the song and the sound of the heaven and I invade earth with the sound of heaven and the Bible says this tormenting spirit had to depart it had to leave now here's what I need you to understand though notice how Paul I mean Saul wrong Saul Saul did not have the faith to worship for himself so his servants his people that cared about him they brought in someone who did that is why there is a communal importance to worship because worship is not just about how you worship it it's about how you live it is about how you feel how good God has been to you how grateful you are for for the house the cars the money the job the boo doesn't matter worship is bigger than you it is about who can God you who can you minister to who can God bless through you because you have a faith that the person next to you does not have that is why it is essential that this is an environment of worship because we have hundreds of people that are battling all sorts of things they're being tormented all sorts of things they're being tormented all sorts of things they're being tormented all different ways and and and that's why sometimes they just need to get in the presence of other worshipers other warriors because they don't have the faith they don't they can't say another word they can't sing another song but if they can be in an environment with a person next to you the person next to them says this is how I fight my battles this is how we fight our battles and listen you might be in a Saul season where you're just being tormented that's why you need to sit next to a David who has faith who can love you enough to say I want to shepherd the person even though I don't even barely know their name I care about their soul I want to I want to fight for my city I want to fight for my family I'm gonna contend I'm gonna be on the front lines because worship is an instrument of war it's nothing soft about it so David he gets in this rhythm of worshiping for his king of serving his king that way of I say hey I'm gonna fight for you I'm gonna you're feeling stressed out let's pray right now now I'm gonna fight for you I'm gonna fight for him and I'll eventually David goes back to his father's house so he's he's kind of like the bivocational worship leader and he goes back to shepherding and then one day eventually the Israelites they come into a season of war and they're fighting this Philistine army and the Philistines have this this giant named Goliath of Gath and every day Goliath would come and taunt the Philistine army for 40 days he was doing this and then one day David got assigned to be the first ever Uber Eats driver and he he delivers a charcuterie board to his brothers you don't like my translation of the Bible read it yourself I don't care this is how I process the Word of God and so David goes to deliver bread and cheese and stuff" [00:23:24]

"David is about to fight something he's never fought before, a giant. But in order to fight something or someone he's never fought before, he replays all the victories of the people he, and the things he has fought before. He said, I've already killed a lion and a bear, and I'll do the same thing. Why? Because worship reminds us of the victories we've already experienced so we can have faith for the challenges that we're about to walk into. Worship reminds us of our victories in the past and how God has been faithful yesterday so we can have faith for today and tomorrow. Here's the three things I need you to remember. Worship, number one, it redirects our focus. Worship redirects" [00:43:14]