The Application of Worship As a Lifestyle - Part II

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• With worship as a lifestyle, I get to communicate, and be in a constant state of fellowship with him. Wow! This must have been what I was unwittingly seeking my WHOLE life looking for more intimacy with God...and it has turned out to be all that AND A BAG OF CHIPS!
  
• There were added benefits to ‘worship as a lifestyle’ that I did not think about initially…
  if I am in a constant state of worship at work, how likely am I to laugh at something crude or foolish that a coworker says or does?


• How likely would I be to indulge in ugly water cooler gossip?


• How likely am I going to be bent out of shape over something dumb?


• How likely will I be looking angrily at a careless/reckless driver, or even flip them the bird?


• How likely will I be to cuss somebody out in my mind or even curse them under my breath?


• Will trivial things be so bothersome anymore? Are they important? Is it really worth leaving the peaceful ‘presence of God’ to address it?


• Can’t he handle my battles anyway? Do I need to get all up in the mix? Do I have to be seen as the one who was “right”? Nope, that is only Ego and ego can also be viewed as this interesting acrostic:


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• While in worship, you are in a state of peacefulness


• Wouldn't you be much more likely to have a positive ‘witness’ to others in your everyday affairs without having to say a word about Christianity


• While in a state of worship, you are communing with love, therefore sharing His love with others around you


• While in a state of worship, you have a certain joy, thereby sharing His joy with others around you


• If you are doing your job as if you are doing it for Him (and why wouldn’t you?
He gave you your job, right?!) Then wouldn’t you try to be the sweetest person you could be? All the time? Seeing God as your boss, your employer, your provider, your first love, will really change your perspective, as it did for me!

• If I am doing my job unto God, not unto men, then I am never wronged on my job by people, am I? Only HE promotes, exalts, gives raises, gives offices with windows, in short HE does all the blessing- not the bosses.

Because of my new outlook on life, some people seem to have a different opinion and a new respect for me. They have seen me in action, and some have even thrown tests my way to test my “new attitude”. With my eyes fixed solely on God I ask for his wisdom and strength, to pass them all!

When I look at life differently and do everything as unto to God not as unto men, it changes my whole perspective about everything!

Worship is not just a Sunday portion of my life anymore - or even just a portion of my other days of the week- it IS my life! Amen!

Click here if you missed "The Application of Worship as a Lifestyle - Part I"