Who and how we worship instructs our faith and informs how we live — and these cannot be separated. Even those who claim no faith nonetheless have an object of highest concern that functions as their deity. They have a pattern of rituals developed in service to such idols, which instructs their thoughts and reinforces the intents and purposes of their hearts. And so are their lives shaped and formed day by day.
Who we worship is not just a matter of doctrine — it is the foundation of our identity. To worship the Father, through the Son, and in the Holy Spirit is to anchor our lives in the One who is not only true and beautiful and good, but is Truth, Beauty, and Goodness itself.
But how we worship matters too. If our worship is full of awe, centered on the mystery of Christ, breathing the Scriptures with the Spirit of Life, we will be drawn into the divine fellowship of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Our faith will be nourished with depth and clarity, illumined with the Light of God. But if our worship is casual, self-focused, empty of the sacred, our faith will easily wither into sentiment and we will be darkened by delusion.
Worship is not performance — it is formation. It teaches us who God is, who we are, and how the world, stripped of all delusion, is created to be: the Kingdom of God come, the will of God being done on earth as it is in heaven. In lifting our hearts to the Lord of All, we are shaped into people who do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God.
Lex Orandi,
Lex Credendi,
Lex Vivendi.
How we pray,
how we believe,
how we live is
all of one piece.
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