The 30 Day Worship Journey

So, here's part two - a challenge in biblical worship.

One of the things Louie Giglio talks about in his book, The Air I Breathe, has to do with taking a 30 Day Worship Journey.  Giglio encourages the reader to carve out time each day for a month and meditate on one of the attributes of God.  Then carry that attribute with you all day, continuing to meditate on it as you go through the day.

I'd like to modify that and challenge you to a slightly different journey, but one that is certainly consistent with Giglio's book.  I encourage you to spend the next 30 days looking for areas of your life where you can demonstrate biblical worship.

Now, the Bible is clear - God wants us to do everything as an act of worship to Him.  In fact, as Giglio and other writers tell us, we are to live lifestyles of worship.  But I believe that all of us probably have some areas of our day or lives that we haven't fully surrendered to Him.  We have to get to the point where we realize that we are called to do EVERYTHING as an act of worship to God.

Think about it - not just when we're at church, but also:  work, home, school, grocery store, exercising, sports, playing with play dough, you name it.  Worship is a 24 hours a day, 7 days as week deal.  There's nothing it doesn't touch and affect.

So, the challenge is - get you something to write in, like a journal, notebook, napkin, or whatever.  Start each day writing down a couple areas of your life, or specific things you're planning to do that day, and pray to God for His help in doing those things as an act of worship to Him.  Keep praying through it all day.  At the end of the day, go back to your journal or whatever and write down how it went, what you learned, how you will improve, etc.  Then the next day, start again, but don't forget what you've already done previously.  The idea isn't to do something as worship today, then go back to your old ways in that area tomorrow.  Use this as an opportunity to grow and apply biblical worship in all of your life.

If you decide to take this challenge, feel free to contact me if I can help you (pastor_randy@nc.rr.com).  Maybe it's just to pray for you as you do this.  Maybe it's to support you with the Scriptures.  Whatever it is, I'm glad to help.  God demands worship from His followers.  It's time we do what it takes, in His strength, to obey.

Pastor Randy