Coming back to the Heart
The Heart of Worship
Words & Music by Matt Redman
When the music fades
And all is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that’s of worth
That will bless your heartI’ll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the ways things appear
You’re looking into my heartI’m coming back to the heart of worship
And it’s all about You
All about You, Jesus
I’m sorry Lord for the thing I’ve made it
When it’s all about You
It’s all about You JesusKing of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I’m weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Every single breathI’ll bring You more than just a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You’re looking into my heartI’m coming back to the heart of worship
And it’s all about You
All about You, Jesus
I’m sorry Lord for the thing I’ve made it
When it’s all about You
It’s all about You JesusIts all about you
Jesus
We all start out with the best intentions in our daily lives. But by nature we are a narcissistic society. We expect others to react as we would react to a situation. And we want things the way we think they should be.
After all, it’s all about us, right?
And this spills over into our faith walk, our worship. We enter with the highest of ideals, but somewhere we lose our focus and make it about us, not about Him. We get jealous if someone else gets more of the spotlight. We criticize the singer, the sermon. We join different groups within the church not for His glory, but for our own advancement or to garner earthly praise.
In other words, while God is the intended focus of our worship, often we shift the spotlight to our surroundings, our experience… ourselves.
But it isn’t about buildings or music. It isn’t about sermons or soloists. It’s about Him. It’s about the great “I Am.” All those things can be a part of worship, but they aren’t necessary. All that is needed is your heart, speaking to Him, opening to Him.
The words of the Chris Redmond song “Heart of Worship” are so powerful, yet so calm. We have made worship into a production, when it is an intensely personal thing, whether in the middle of a large congregation or alone in your home
Take back worship. Turn it back into the God-honoring thing it is meant to be.
Click here to listen to The Heart of Worship.
May 26th, 2010 at 8:39 am
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