Preparation

“Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.’ Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. He said to his servants, ‘Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.'” Gen 22:2-5 (NIV)

Abraham prepared for worship. Worship is our response to God. Our worship reveals our level of obedience to God. Abram demonstrated absolute passion and submission to God through his worship of God.

I once heard someone say, “We don’t come to church to worship, we come to church worshipping.” That’s sounds like the lifestyle that Abraham embraced. His preparation for worship was in fact an outflow of his lifestyle of worship.

Everybody worships something or someone. Who is the focus of your worship? How do you prepare for that expression of worship?

Worship is expressing your love to God. Abraham expressed his love to God both in preparation for worship and in the presentation of worship. So, how’s your worship?

Pursuing God,

Stephen Trammell
Pastor of Leadership and Pastoral Care