ABANDON

So I have been stuck lately on a single word: ABANDON. For me right now, this is what genuine worship is about. Allow me to lay some dictionaritication on you:

abandon
–verb (used with object)
1.
to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: to abandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship.
2.
to give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon a research project; to abandon hopes for a stage career.
3.
to give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemy army.
4.
to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control: to abandon oneself to grief.

or how about this one:
--- give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God";


The real question is, what are we doing when we worship God? Or, more appropriately, what are we supposed to be doing when we worship God? I believe it has something to do with this last definition. We are to give ourselves over to Him, without entertaining the notion of reclaiming control. What is it that we find ourselves doing though? Do we try to find a safe place, a comfortable place, to worship Him? Are we establishing some safe places that we can fall back to if things get a little out of hand?

I don't think that is the kind of worship that David was exhibiting as the ark of the covenant was returned. I don't think that is the kind of worship that God wants from us.

I have been thinking a lot about the story of Jesus calling to Peter to come to Him on the water. I think that even in the midst of the storm that was raging, the boat probably seemed pretty steady, pretty safe. But that's not where Jesus was.

Worship is abandon.
-W2