Awe

Biblically in the Old Testament its also known as "the fear of the Lord". Its used as a designation of true piety (Prov. 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps. 19:9). It is a fear thats coupled with love and hope, and is therefore not a slavish dread, but rather filial reverence. "Holy fear" is intergrated also in the New Testament as a preventive of carelessness in religion. (Matt. 10:28; 2Cor. 5:11; 2Cor. 7:1; Phil. 2:12; Eph. 5:21; Heb 12:28,29).

In contemporary sense, we all need to come to a state of awe towards our God. For without it we cannot worship God. Every creation will bear the trademarks of the creator, Awe is the same as looking at a creation and marvel at its creator. To paraphrase that, awe is the same as looking at the mountians and going "woah" because its so beautiful. It is that "woah" feeling that makes us realise the omni presence, omni science, omni potentacy of the God that we worship.

For worship is ultimately about our response towards our all holy and almighty God who is also all loving. Knowing this, worship is not about coming together to sing songs, raise our hands and feeling emo. Its so much more than that! When Solomon tells us to fear God (Prov. 1:7), he is talking about having reverence for God. This means having more than just respectful actions, but to actually feel respect for God. The songs and music should firstly not come from the worship band but rather from every single participant of the worship session. Your expression should not be based on instruction but rather spring forth naturally from a inner spring of uncontained joy and gratitude. Then thanksgiving and praise would be a conscious effort and worship be pleasing to our God, the Lord almighty. If we truly have a deep respect, tinged with awe, for God, then it will manifest itself outwardly.

We display worship only to the audience of one. So lets show it by living a life that demonstrate just that.