Mt28

Two emotions should characterize our worship of the risen Lord: fear & great joy! These were the emotions that first captured the hearts of the woman who saw Him after his resurrection. The angel announced that Jesus was risen from the dead. Immediately, they were overwhelmed with both fear and great joy. When they saw Jesus, they fell at His feet and worshiped Him.

The average christian today rarely has either of these emotions. My observation is that our worship could best be described as stoic & dutiful. We have very little "fear of God" in our lives and possibly even less "joy". We fear men, or the loss of relationship, or death, or unemployment, or not being able to retire. God and His desires are rarely on our minds. We rarely think about who we will ultimately stand before to give an account.

Joy is even less apparent in the things of God; much less "great joy". When is the last time we were filled with "great joy"? Was it in the presence of God as an act of worship? Or was it over something trivial and temporal in comparison? It is not wrong to have joy in all things. It is only wrong when we don't take joy in the best things. It is wrong to delight in the things of this life more than the creator of it all.

We need to examine our worship today. We will make disciples of everything we worship.