When Peter wrote his first letter to the Christ-followers that had scattered throughout the region, one of his purposes was to encourage them. Another purpose was to remind them of their identity in Christ.
He writes these words: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9
One of the chief ways that we worship God is by declaring His goodness and what he has done in our lives. We can make the mistake of relegating the meaning of “worship” to a music genre. Worship isn’t the same as music, in fact, worship better equated to a lifestyle. When we come to God’s house and sing our praise and express our worship in that setting, it is a continuation of the worship of Him that we have expressed through the rest of the week.
I want to challenge you to be conscious of your worship today. Is your lifestyle consistent with your worshipful expression on a Sunday morning? Consistency in our lifestyle is critically important if we are truly people who “declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness.”
