Worship

Last night at our small group meeting we dove into the topic of worship. This quote by former Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple really intrigues my mind:

"Worship is the submission of all of our nature to God.
It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness,
nourishment of mind by His truth,
purifying of imagination by His beauty,
opening of the heart to His love,
and submission of will to His purpose.
All this gathered up in adoration is the greatest of
all expressions of which we are capable."
--William Temple

What does it mean to open our heart to God's love? His grace is the central ingredient to this...

"When we know that he alone is God, we fall before him in awe.
When we know that he alone is perfect, we fall before him in shame.
But when we know that he, the Holy One, so desires our fellowship that he ave his only Son to make it possible, we fall before him in gratitude and praise and sing the wonder of his holiness and the glory of his amazing grace" --Darrell Johnson in Discipleship Essentials

As I am caught up in thinking on His Holiness (separateness and purity), I am reminded of how incredible it is that His Spirit indwells us. We are so frail, so weak yet the Almighty extends His grace in order to not just be in relationship with us, but to be in us.