Paint and Worship

There's a word use that I hear in Christian circles a lot these days that bothers me.

“The worship was really good in church today.”

“Did you hear the worship on Sunday?”

In each of these cases they are talking about singing.

Worship is far more than singing.

As I spent my four days slowly and carefully attempting to achieve excellence in my painting in our bedroom a few weeks ago I worshiped.

Each paint stroke was an act of worship. I strove for excellence in that room for the glory of God. I spent hours honouring God through my work. That was my worship.

This is the third reason I believe in excellence, even excellence in corners that no one else can see. Every moment of our day is, or should be, an act of worship. Those acts of worship should be the very best that I can do for God.

I want my students to understand that everything we do, great and small, seen or unseen, should be this kind of worship.

Just singing on Sunday isn't good enough.