Imagine you received a call from a robber and he told you that he was coming by your house, but did not tell you when. What would you do?
Option A: You do nothing after you put the phone down. You figure you’ll wait until you hear the robber prying open your door. Your plan is to wait until the robber comes and then you’ll try to find a way to defend yourself, your belongings and family.
Option B: As soon as you get the call. You make a plan, prepare your family and notify the authorities.

There are so many distractions that hinder our worship. We must not deal with them as they come, but instead prepare our hearts beforehand. We must always stay in tuned with God through prayer and His Word.

Jesus, when tempted, used the Word of God to defuse Satan. His disciples often found him alone communing with the Father.

Do you live a life of worship when no one is looking? When tempted, is your mind renewed or do you scramble to renew it in the heat of battle?

Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:1, 2 KJV)

Lord help me to lose this life that I would find it in You.

In terms of worship through music and the arts, I realized my desire to lead others into worship while reading Extravagant Worship by Darlene Zschech.  I remember, as a young boy, sitting in my room reading about a woman (Mary) whose love and adoration for her Savior was displayed for all to see.  But it wasn’t her trying to push out tears or conjure up some emotions – it was genuine and beautiful.  Her worship flowed from the inside out; she could not stop the tears because of what was happening on the inside of her.  Her outward expression of worship was simply an overflow of what Jesus had done and was doing on the inside of her.  I want that; I want that first for me and also the Church – His Church.  God has gifted me, called me and placed a desire in me to lead others into worship of the One True and Holy God; but not only through music and the arts but as a way of life.