LOVING GOD THROUGH WORSHIP
Loving God Through Worship
“Come, let’s worship and bow down,
Let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.”
— Psalm 95:6 (NASB 2025)
Worship is more than music, it is surrender. To love God through worship is to acknowledge who He is and where we stand before Him. True worship bends the knee and the heart. It doesn’t demand attention; it gives it. It doesn’t seek to be stirred by emotion alone, but by the truth of God’s worth.
Faith In Action
In 1873, Horatio Spafford faced an unimaginable tragedy. His four daughters perished in the sinking of the SS Ville du Havre during a transatlantic voyage. His wife, Anna, survived and sent a telegram bearing the haunting words: "Saved alone."
As Spafford journeyed to reunite with his grieving wife, his ship passed near the location where his daughters had drowned. In that moment of profound sorrow, he penned the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul." This act of worship rose from the depths of despair.
Spafford's faith wasn't contingent on favorable circumstances. He didn't praise God because life was easy; he praised God because he believed in God's unwavering goodness, even amidst suffering. His hymn stands as a testament to a faith that holds firm, not just in times of joy, but also in the face of life's fiercest storms.
When peace like a river attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot Thou hast taught me to say,
“It is well, it is well with my soul!”
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL
It is well with my soul!
It is well, it is well with my soul!
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
It is well with my soul!
It is well, it is well with my soul!
My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought—
My sin, not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to His Cross, and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
It is well with my soul!
It is well, it is well with my soul!
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live;
If dark hours about me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
It is well with my soul!
It is well, it is well with my soul!
The Bottom Line
Worship that costs nothing means little. Worship in the storm tells the truth about your love for God—it says He is enough, even when everything else is gone.
Something To Think About
What would it look like today to worship God in both the quiet and the chaos, not for what He’s done, but simply for who He is?
Is there anything in your circumstances that has left you broken? As difficult as it is, will you lift your voice in praise to Him? Here is a link to the hymn above. Perhaps you can find the strength to play it and sing along. Even through tears, God is worthy of all our praise.
