There are many right ways to worship God but right worship, Jesus said, must be done in spirit and in truth.
“God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”
John 4:24
There is no pretence before the Father. He searches and knows the hearts and minds of us all and desires whole hearted devotion. The greatest Commandment is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength; which doesn’t leave a divided or distracted part of us doing something else.
Worship is not a song, it is a position of heart, mind and strength separated to one who is worthy.
Right worship, with many right methods, is from this right position first.
The apostle Paul reminded us though the outward man perishes, the inward man is renewed day by day. Our prayer for daily bread must look to the invite to come and feed upon Jesus first.
Paul emphasizes the need for us relationally to be “perfectly joined in the same mind and judgements ”. This can’t even begin without us first being “united” with HIM.
The Psalms speak of entering His gates with thanksgiving and coming into His courts with praise. Jesus is declared from the New Testament as the door and the way. No man comes to the Father except through Jesus Christ.
As we approach our Father we acknowledge every good and perfect gift that has come to us through Jesus and we give thanks. We acknowledge that we have no rightful place before our God except by the offering of His son, the blood that sits on the mercy seat speaking a better word. We give heartfelt thanks and are humbled by our remembrance that WITHOUT Jesus we have nothing, we are nothing and we can do nothing. But in HIM and through HIM we have Access to this throne of grace. As we approach our Father we are assured of the place and position Jesus has given us to be in His very presence. We come with praise and adoration pouring out from our hearts and mouths. Who is like our God! There is no other God but our God. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty. He alone is worthy to receive all glory. All honour, all praise, all power, all might, all dominion is His. He is just. He is pure. He is righteous. He is Almighty. He is All Sufficient. He is creator of all. He is breathe. He is life. He is love, Abounding, overflowing and He alone is worthy of our ALL.
Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.
1 John 5:21 NLT