God wants our worship so much that he’ll take whatever we give him, right? Not quite. Our worship to God can become defiled. Inspired by a teaching I heard from Jack Hayford, “Screwing Up Worship” is a four part series of blogs explaining four instances where our worship can become defiled. Part three is called . . .
The Lucifer Syndrome
Lucifer was a glorious angel in heaven who had the job of directing all of the worship from the angels and all of creation towards God. Imagine that. All of the worship the angels offer to God. Plus all the worship that mankind offers to God. Plus all the glory in all of creation (planet Earth being only a small portion) offered to God. All added together, that’s A LOT of worship. Lucifer was a magnificent worship leader.
As Lucifer directed all of God’s glory towards Him, pride entered his heart. Lucifer told God that he would rise up and become like God — sort of as His equal.
God didn’t like that. God kicked Lucifer out of heaven. We know Lucifer today as Satan. The only person to ever get kicked out of heaven was a worship leader.
I don’t think that God waited until Lucifer actually walked up to God and said, “Yo God-dawg! I’m dissing you – I’m gonna hold the same position that you hold! And my peeps be backin’ me up, too!” I don’t think it was quite like that. I think it was more of an internal moment. Lucifer had pride in his heart – just pride. He didn’t actually do anything wrong yet. It was in his heart. The pride was an intention of rebellion within him.
But God saw it – even through the worship.
And God sees our hearts today as well.
True worship occurs when the sought (that’s us) realizes the unmatched worth of the seeker (that’s Him). At that moment — our worship occurs. Anything less than that isn’t really worship. Worship is all about Him. That phrase gets overused and its easy to read it quickly without realizing the significance of that. Pause for a moment and think about it this paragraph. Read it again if you need to.
If you’re someone who leads worship services – be extra careful of pride. Pride can slip in – little by little. So slowly you hardly notice it. If you think you’re a worship leader – yet there is the slightest bit of pride in your heart – you are no worship leader. You are leading songs, not worship. Leading worship means you’re directing worship towards God – and you can’t do that with pride in your heart.
Our worship is screwed up when our hearts are not focused on the unmatched worth of the Creator. That’s the Lucifer Syndrome.
This is one awesome post.Really thank you! Cool.
ItÃs nearly impossible to find well-informed people on this topic, however, you sound like you know what youÃre talking about! Thanks
I just like the valuable info you supply for your articles.
I’ll bookmark your weblog and check once more here regularly.
I am relatively certain I’ll be informed many new stuff right right here!
Best of luck for the next!
I just saved your page.
Hello. Interesting post! I’m really enjoy this.
I appreciate you sharing this article post.Really looking forward to read more. Will read on…
This web site certainly has all the information I wanted concerning this subject and didnÃt know who to ask.
I appreciate you sharing this post. Really Great.
I was very happy to find this website. I want to to thank you for ones time for this particularly fantastic read!! I definitely liked every bit of it and I have you book-marked to check out new stuff on your web site.
Hi. Awesome! I’m really enjoy this.
I used to be able to find good advice from your blog articles.
You are so cool! I don’t suppose I’ve truly read through anything like that before. So good to discover another person with a few original thoughts on this issue. Really.. many thanks for starting this up. This web site is one thing that’s needed on the web, someone with a bit of originality!
Aloha! Interesting material! I’m really enjoy this.
This is a topic which is near to my heart… Take care! Exactly where are your contact details though?
Hi. Such a nice post! I’m really enjoy this.
Good blog you have got here.. ItÃs hard to find high quality writing like yours these days. I truly appreciate people like you! Take care!!
Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you penning this write-up and the rest of the website is extremely good.
Great information. Lucky me I discovered your site by chance (stumbleupon). I’ve book marked it for later!
Very nice article. I absolutely love this site. Keep it up!
You saved me so much time greatful I found your webpage.
I love reading an article that can make men and women think. Also, thanks for allowing me to comment!
Im obliged for the blog article.Really looking forward to read more.
I really like and appreciate your blog. Great.
Aloha! Interesting post! I’m really appreciate it.
You have made some really good points there. I checked on the internet for more information about the issue and found most individuals will go along with your views on this site.
Very good blog article.Really thank you! Keep writing.
These kind of post are always inspiring and I prefer to read quality content so I happy to find many good point here in the post
Thanks I am going to share my friends your site.
Enjoyed every bit of your blog. Really Cool.
Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you penning this post and also the rest of the site is also really good.
My brother suggested I would possibly like this website. He was totally right. This publish truly made my day. You can not consider just how a lot time I had spent for this information! Thanks!
I like it when people get together and share ideas. Great website, continue the good work!
Hey!. Interesting material! I’m really enjoy this.
An outstanding share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a friend who was doing a little homework on this. And he in fact bought me breakfast simply because I found it for him… lol. So let me reword this…. Thanks for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending the time to talk about this subject here on your web site.
Your style is really unique in comparison to other folks I have read stuff from. Thank you for posting when you’ve got the opportunity, Guess I will just bookmark this blog.
Oh my goodness! Awesome article dude! Thank you so much, However I am experiencing troubles with your RSS. I donÃt know the reason why I am unable to join it. Is there anybody else getting similar RSS problems? Anyone that knows the solution will you kindly respond? Thanks!!
Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks for sharing, this is a fantastic blog article.Really thank you! Cool.
Looking forward to reading more. Great article.Really thank you! Fantastic.
Hello. Interesting post! I’m really appreciate it.
I was able to find good information from your blog posts.
My wife and i ended up being now thankful that Jordan could finish off his web research out of the precious recommendations he acquired from your blog. It’s not at all simplistic to just find yourself handing out ideas which often some people could have been making money from. We discover we have got you to give thanks to because of that. Most of the explanations you have made, the straightforward site menu, the friendships you help to create – it is mostly sensational, and it’s aiding our son in addition to the family reckon that that issue is fun, and that is seriously serious. Many thanks for all the pieces!
There’s definately a lot to learn about this topic. I really like all of the points you have made.
I think this is a real great blog post.Much thanks again. Really Great.
Hello there! I just would like to offer you a big thumbs up for the excellent information you’ve got here on this post. I’ll be coming back to your blog for more soon.
I am an mother and I really like your writing!
I really love your site.. Excellent colors & theme. Did you build this site yourself? Please reply back as IÃm looking to create my own blog and want to know where you got this from or what the theme is called. Cheers!
Oh my goodness! Impressive article dude! Thank you, However I am having troubles with your RSS. I donÃt understand the reason why I can’t subscribe to it. Is there anybody having identical RSS issues? Anybody who knows the answer will you kindly respond? Thanks!!
Looking forward to reading more. Great blog post.Much thanks again.
When I initially commented I appear to have clicked on the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and from now on each time a comment is added I receive four emails with the same comment. Perhaps there is an easy method you can remove me from that service? Thank you!