
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Worship and Serving go hand in hand
Here is a quote I recently found by Scotty Smith, pastor of Christ Community Church in Franklin, Tennessee:
Two of the most-used words in the Greek New Testament for worship help us understand the synergistic balance and beauty of the service of worship and worship service: proskynein, which literally means, "to move towards to kiss" (e.g. John 4:23-24) and latreuo, which means "to serve" (Rom. 12:1-2; Phil. 3:3). My kisses mean a whole lot more to Darlene, my wife, when they are celebrated as an expression of a shared life, and not merely as a means for making me happy. Likewise, the "kisses of worship" must be kindled in the context of being with and serving Jesus for them to be expressions of loving adoration, and not merely a means of personal recreation.

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