Worship Thought for Today, May 13th

In the opening words of his book "Israel's Praise," Walter Brueggemann pens these words:
"Praise is the duty and delight, the ultimate vocation of the human community; indeed, of all creation...Praise articulates and embodies our capacity to yield, submit, and abandon ourselves in trust and gratitude to the One whose we are...Praise is a human need, and in it we find our deepest joy."
We humans are created as beings who have this deep hunger to worship something. In view of the incredible love God has shown us, we worship him, that is our response, bowing our knees to him in praise. As I begin my journey into full-time worship ministry, I continue to search for and find ideas, truths, and develop a theology of worship. Viewing my ministry in the light of the fact that worship is the utmost human need really puts a new spin on things!!! May we treat the praise God is due as that very thing, "the ultimate vocation of the human community."