I love this quote because it describes much of my worship and why I like reading through commentaries.
The heart of worship is declaring to God (whether in the second person or sometimes in the third person but with God in mind, as in some psalms) how majestic he is and how great his works are, which in short means articulating the truth about him. Theology can thus be worshipful, though biblical worship is generally not simply rational but affective as well, devoting one’s whole being in attention to God.
–Craig Keener, The NIV Application Commentary: Revelation
That is interesting, thank you. In the past year, worship has pretty much ceased to exist in my experience. Our church sings hymns mostly, and I find myself mostly analyzing the meanings of the lyrics instead of singing them. It is kind of humorous that my wife and I used to pick out churches based on how well we liked the praise and worship. Now it is a non-issue, though I wouldn’t mind being able to sing or praise God in some format that I find artistically acceptable.BTW, I still read all of your posts, just not commenting anywhere very much these days. Hope you are recovering quickly.
I don’t like singing and have never been able to worship that way. I feel guilty because it’s hard for me to worship corporately.
My wife and I being musicians also used to put so much importance on music. More from a listening aspect though.
Oddly, as suffering has increased so has personal worship.
Thanks for reading.
Recovery from surgery is going well but I apparently still have
some other back issues that need to be looked at in addition to the other stuff .
I hope God can bring something about for you.
Jeff