This Summer I have been working with the summer link team
from Open Door. I am doing my internship with the worship pastor here in
Raleigh. While doing this it has caused me to think about what worship really
is. Yes worship can be considered singing on Sunday mornings for cooperate
worship but that is not all worship is. Back in Genesis God created Adam and
Eve in the garden and there they had perfect communion with God and were made
to have fellowship and to worship him. But, because man chose to sin we are now
separated from God. Thankfully, God provided a way though the death and
resurrection of His son so that we might have communion with him and be able to
worship him.
This summer I have been doing some reading about spiritual
disciplines and about what it truly means to worship. I have been reminded that
through Christ’s death on the cross he was the substitute for my sin and
because he took my place that it should be no long I who live but Christ who
lives in me which is stated in Galatians 2:20. I no longer have to come across
God’s wrath from my sin because Jesus sacrifice has overtaken wrath and has
covered it with Christ self sacrifice.
Christ death has conquered sin and death in the grave. He took my sin
upon himself so that I might live and have fellowship with him.
Because Christ has done this he has given us a new heart.
Our heart is the main organ in our body that keeps us going but it is also an
organ that has passions and affections along with desires. But, another thing
that comes from the heart is worship. Since our heart’s purpose is to worship
we need to guard it. We need to watch
out for the Idols that can come in. This summer I have really been learning
this because there are so many different things that I want but I know that they
will not be the best for me.
This internship has been wonderful for me because it has
caused me to remember what it is that Christ has done and how he has provided a
way for all to be saved. It has also helped me to reflect over my life to see
the things that have taken over my heart. It has allowed me to realign my heart
with His as he has been transforming my life into something that will honor him
and will be an example to the world.
By Josh Poitras
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