In this month's issue of Collide Magazine (www.collidemagazine.com) Gary Molander of Floodgate Productions writes, "In our day, 'great worship' has become something that moves my heart, not something that moves his."
It's a concept as old as "Church" itself, and yet we still face this on a daily basis (or weekly basis, in terms of Sunday worship): Why do we go to worship?
The opening question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism asks this:
Q: "What is the chief end of man?"
A: "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever."
This should inform our Heart of Worship as well.
My favorite portion of the article was Molander's comparison of corporate worship to being the guest at a birthday party:
"In corporate worship...competing desires show up with power and passion-- the simultaneous desires to outwardly give something, and to inwardly receieve. We bring gifts to give the celebrated birthday Boy (worship), and we end up wanting to keep these gifts for ourselves.
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