Worship is a Response

What do we do when we go to church service? What do we do when we serve in the various ways within the ministries? What do we participate in at work/school? What do we engage in at home? What do we do every single moment of our life?

There is only one over-riding activity. That is worship. One might wonder what worship is. The following is what the dictionary says.

wor⋅ship 
noun, verb, -shiped, -ship⋅ing or (especially British) -shipped, -ship⋅ping.

–noun
1.reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
2.formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage: They attended worship this morning.
3.adoring reverence or regard: excessive worship of business success.
4.the object of adoring reverence or regard.
5.(initial capital letter) British. a title of honor used in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usually prec. by Your, His, or Her).

–verb (used with object)
6.to render religious reverence and homage to.
7.to feel an adoring reverence or regard for (any person or thing).
–verb (used without object)
8.to render religious reverence and homage, as to a deity.
9.to attend services of divine worship.
10.to feel an adoring reverence or regard.

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.

Worship is primarily a response. It is the appropriate response to the revelation of God's Glory. This is the essence of what it means to worship. It must not depend on our ability, our circumstances, our feelings, our emotions. The ability to worship itself is a gift from God. There is only one and only subject and object of our worship. God.

Worship must not be done in a self-serving manner, as to invoke some mystical feelings or religious experience. It is done solely with the attitude of focusing on the subject and object of worship, bringing praise and adoration.