Worshiping with All your Might

There are many styles of worship usually based on ones personality type. Yet, no matter what style of worship you like, there is one kind of worship that God requires of all. This is to worship Him with all your might or with your entire being.

II Samuel 6:14-15 - "Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, ¹⁵ while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets."

Now there is moments of quiet and calm in worship, but there should also be moments of getting excited about God, moments of great joy, moments of rejoicing, moments of applause, moments of shouting, and maybe even moments of dancing. We need to be excited about God. Usually when someone gets excited about something they show it some way. Israel's worship was sometimes down right noisy and rambunctious. It was anything but calm. I am not saying we should be shouting or dancing all the time in worship. What I am saying let us get excited about who God is, what he has done for us and what he is still doing.

Think about what you do in the natural and everyday world when you get excited. How do you act when something great happens to you? How do you act when you see someone doing something amazing? How do act when you watch a sport you love live in a stadium and your team is winning? How would you act if you won a million dollars?

All I am saying in all this is that we need to worship God with all our might. We don't need to stand there like a statue or like someone who is frozen with fear. We don't need to be afraid of what other people with think of our worship. We need to fully express ourselves which may include using your whole body, not only your mouth. I think even the most reserved person would applaud someone, and at the very least crack a smile. Sometimes, I think people think they are at a funeral in church. If you didn't know it, God is alive and still on his throne.

Be careful not to criticize the people who act a little crazy in worship even as David. God will not take to  kindly to this. (II Samuel 6:20-23) Yes, yes, everything is to be done in order and discipline with reverence.