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By James Quansah
HUNDREDS OF Christians limit the meaning of the word “worship” to only singing songs of adoration to God. But that is an incorrect understanding of the word.
We must understand that everything we do for God is an act of worship. When you serve God or sacrifice anything like money, time, talent, knowledge or energy to God, you are worshipping God. In fact, presenting our bodies to God is also an act of worship (Romans 12:1).
When the Bible talks about worshipping God, it does not mean just singing songs of adoration to God. To worship God is to serve, sacrifice, pay homage to, adore or revere God. It is to prostrate oneself or bow to God.
In Genesis 22: 5, when Abraham told his young men to stay with the donkey while he and Isaac went up to worship, it did not mean that Abraham and Isaac went to sing songs of adoration, but to sacrifice to God.
We also read in Matthew 28:17 where the disciples worshipped Jesus Christ after His resurrection. Here too, it does not mean the disciples sang songs to Jesus, but paid homage to Him as their resurrected Lord and King.
The same can be said in John 9: 38 where a man who was healed of blindness believed in Jesus Christ and worshipped Him.
This means that everything we do in the name of the Lord whether during church meetings, at home, work or in our communities is an act of worship.
When we sweep, wash, write, paint, pray, sing, dance, clap, preach, teach, fast or give in the name of the Lord we are actually worshipping God.
However, the Lord Jesus Christ taught that these acts of worship must be done in the Spirit and truth in order to please God.
