Worship Is Whole-Person, All the Time (III)

Sincerely and Consistently Offering Ourselves to the Lord

Consistency and sincerity mean asking ourselves whether we are honest and kind toward our own lives. We work hard, remember meals; race against time, chase quality of life. But to attend to the body’s needs, to be kind to one’s life — these are how we soothe the ‘little child’ inside us.

Yes — each person has a ‘little child’ inside, who unintentionally tells us about the body’s and the emotions’ highs and lows, and reminds us how to treat ‘them.’

Whether the ‘little child’ appears at all depends on our ‘choice’: pause — breathe 1-2-3 — chant ‘Ma Ra Na Tha’ (Aramaic from Jesus’s time, meaning ‘Come, Lord’) — letting peaceful breath enter our body. It looks strange, it feels difficult — but it can be done; it is whether we choose to try the practice. Then we will know more about what our little child needs. True worship-as-life begins from the heart, naturally.

A pastor once reminded us that the concept of the whole person — fundamental to the Christian faith — relates to the Old Testament Israelites’ sacrifice: bringing the first-fruits of the harvest, the firstborn of the cattle to the Lord, meaning bringing the very best as offering.

Worship is sacrifice — the sacrifice of the whole person, all the time. Perfection may not be possible — but ‘there is no best, only better.’

Come, find your own worship-as-life, and sincerely offer yourself to the Lord!