B y: V i c t o r i a C o r p r e w
Imagine being laid off from your job of 20 + years. The thread that has been holding your relationship together has unraveled. The kids start having issues in school. The AC unit breaks down. You help care for your grandparents, who are in their 80s because you are their last living child. Can you feel the weight and worry yet? But you have to show up, lead worship, manage the household, and take care of family. God, how am I going to handle all of this? God, will I find a job that I will enjoy? Will I be able to provide financially for my family? Am I doing enough to take care of everyone? Am I making the right decisions? What? Why? How? So many worries.
These things are important, but stressing over them will only stress me out! It’ s human to worry, especially when you know you have responsibilities to manage. But Mathew 6:27 reminds me that worrying will not add anything to my life. Worrying dims my light and keeps me from focusing on what God has planned for me to do and receive. It ' s in the moments when I feel overwhelmed by the worries that I know, worship is the answer. Worrying can’ t change the problems, pay the bills, or create solutions. When I worship, I am pouring out my heart to God. I lay all of those worries at His feet so that I can focus on His Presence, Holiness, and Glory. I worship the one true living God. The one who has the answers that I don’ t. The God who loved me before I existed.
The God who trusts me to lead His people in Worship because He knows what He has placed inside me. I worship God so that I can remind myself that He is the center of my life, that I need Him in every way. I worship because God is a Great God! He is my provider, my strength, my everything. I worship Him because I trust that He will take care of me and that he is concerned about everything that concerns me. I worship Him because He loves me, always has and always will. I worship because I know that by myself, I can’ t fix anything, but I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength( Philippians 4:13).
When I think of how good God is, that is enough to lead me into worship! I know that worry is a distraction that keeps my focus away from God. Worship resets me and places my focus where it needs to be. You have a choice: worry or worship. Will you be like Martha in Luke 10:41-42 or Mary, who chose the good part? I choose the good part … Worship!!!
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