Raise Your Hands

Often, we think of worship as singing, praising, and lifting our hands up to God. But while all these may be part of worship, to truly worship God means to honor Him and to place Him as the lens through which we see and live our lives.

We are told to worship Him with our mind. Filling our minds with truth, pondering Christ, cherishing that which is holy is a part of this worship. God admonishes us to delight ourselves in His law in Psalm 1, which indicates we need to hide His Word in our hearts and minds and think true thoughts.

We are told to think only on things that are worthy of Him: “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things” (Philippians 4:8, NIV).

You cannot build your children into people who seek to be worthy of God and to be excellent in all their ways, unless you also invest in their minds. The foundations of their thinking patterns, vocabulary, and ideas must be cultivated. When you become a steward of what they think, your own life is enriched. And so worshiping God with our minds requires commitment, planning, and intention.

If we are to be worthy stewards of truth, we must mind our minds—that we might truly worship.

His Promises

But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Guard your heart above all else,

for it determines the course of your life.