Sample #4 from my new book that comes out this week, “THE WORSHIP REVOLUTION”.  Pre-Order a copy if you haven’t done so already here

Inside-Out Worship

Worship must start in our heart but be seen at all times. Being a true worshiper causes worship to come out through our actions, conversations, and attitudes everywhere we go. Everything you do becomes an act of worship when you are a worshiper. Whether you are taking care of your family, helping clean up your community, or saving the world, it is all worship when you are a true worshiper.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. 

When worship is in you it comes out wherever you are, whatever you are doing. Worship moves to an outward act because of an inward work. The presence of the Lord fills us and we fall more and more in love with Jesus. Worship begins to come out of us as an overflow of our heart of love.

Inside-Out Worshipers worship God because of Who He is.

Outside-In Worshipers worship because of what God can do for them.

Outside-In Worshipers wait for things to go the way they want, and then they choose to thank God.

Inside-Out Worshipers, on the other hand, give God glory in all circumstances.

Worship is not based on what God can do for us. Worship is simply based on His worth as the King of the Universe. The woman with the alabaster jar that we read about earlier, was an Inside-Out Worshiper. She worshiped because she recognized Jesus as the One worth worshiping. If we only respond to God after something we want to happen happens, then we become like a spoiled child, only happy when we get our way. You see, whatever is in you will come out of you. If our heart is full of Godly characteristics, then when life squeezes us, those things will be revealed. But if our heart is full of darkness, then it will rise to the surface and come out. Worship Revolutionists make a pact to worship no matter what happens on the outside. They are not swayed by what they see happening around them, because their faithfulness has already been determined in their heart.

The M&M Dilemma

I once had the opportunity to hear an amazing man named Kent Henry speak at a worship conference. He said something that struck my heart. He said,

“I’m ruined for I’ve tasted the depths of worship.” 

I remember asking myself, “Has my life been ruined by the revelation of Christ’s love? Have I truly lost all things to gain Him? Has worship become the drive of my relationship with God? Or is ministry, position, and blessings the drive?” These questions rocked my world.

You see, I was always under the impression that God wanted us to preach, reach, teach, and move in some sort of ministry. Basically doing, doing, doing, and going, going, going. Now, I am not saying that doing and going aren’t part of the Christian life, but it never hit me that worshiping God was more important to Him than what I accomplished for Him. I didn’t realize that worship was what God desired from me above everything else. So I began to seek the heart of God rather than the hand of God, and it absolutely revolutionized my life and outlook. I no longer made the Christian “duties” the priority. I made Him the priority. When He is the priority, then serving Him by doing “duties” becomes a natural overflow, not a religious ritual. Doing is the byproduct of being a worshiper. So as my outlook changed, I began to enter a season of my life that I call the M&M Dilemma (Mary & Martha Dilemma).

Luke 10:38-42

As Jesus and His disciples were on their way, He came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to Him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what He said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to Him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.