God has established, or set in place His desire for worship. We do not approach Him within our own ideas or incorporate rituals form other religious practices, and God forbid we use worldly entertainment. God has instructed us through His Word, the way, the how, and when to worship Him... I'm Just Saying.
No where in the Word of God are we instructed to adapt the worship of a Holy God so that we can capture a generation. We can do nothing of ourselves. God forbid the church turns the worship of Almighty God into a socially acceptable performance to connect with the people, and or to keep the attendance up within the church.
If worldly means could save sinners then Christ death was in vain. What we need, and are missing within the worship of the congregation is the power and presence of the Living God.
A thought to ponder to those who worship the Most High God, and to those who have been given the wonderful opportunity to lead others into the very presence of His Majesty.
Question: Have you experienced your Heavenly Father seeking you as you worship Him? Our worship should so arouse God that He comes and visits us. "He who inhabits eternity inhabits the praises of His people."
What happens when we worship our Heavenly Father? Psalm 37:17 "Until I went into the Sanctuary of God, then I understood. We receive understanding, and discernment in the presence of God.
Question: Are you receiving understanding as you enter into His Sanctuary through worship? Worship leaders, do you have the ability to discern to lead others into worship, to minister to the Lord Most High?
John 8:28 Revelation comes through worship. Jesus said, "When you have lifted, exalted the Son of Man then, then you will know that I Am He."
2 Kings 3:15 Deliverance through Worship. The evil spirit left him when David worshiped the Lord.
Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness: reap in mercy; break up the fallow ground. for it is time to SEEK the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness on you.
Acts 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted that the your sins may be blotted out, so that the "Times of Refreshing" may come from the PRESENCE of the LORD.
Exodus 33 and 34 God's divine presence goes before us and His glory revealed.
We must strip ourselves of all of our pride, because it's not about us, Amen. Everyone seems to be seeking, but not everyone is following.
Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I swell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
We must commune vertical before we could ever lead horizontal.
We praise Him and He inhabits us. We worship Him and He seeks us. We commune with Him and He speaks to us. His Holy Spirit reveals the deep things of God, not man. Amen.
Jeremiah 22:29 O earth, earth, earth, Shema (hear) the Word of the LORD.
