We gather routinely to worship God, and even attempt to live lives of worship, but exactly what is worship? Singing? Praise? Adoration? Prayer? King David defined worship in Psalm 34:3, “Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.” Worship is the act of magnifying God. Drawing near to God and enlarging our vision of him. It is like first viewing the Lincoln Memorial from a mile away and then viewing it from the base of the monument. Lincoln’s statue seems much, much larger to us when we are close to it. Of course God’s size doesn’t change (nor does the monument) but our perception of him does. As we draw nearer, God seems larger, and isn’t that exactly what we need? A big view of God? Don’t we have big problems, big questions, and big worries? Don’t they seem larger than life? Of course they do, and we desperately need a big view of God to conquer them. Worship offers us that. How can we sing, “Praise You in the Storm” or “How Great Thou Art” and not have our vision expanded?
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