Worship is a lifestyle we live, not an event we attend
2 Samuel 12:20 (NKJV)
So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate.
What a great account of David worshipping not from a mountain top, but from a valley!
Worship is something we choose to do in every season of life and most of us, when we were first saved, learned to worship when everything was going well but often we would stop when it looked like things were not going well. When we grow up in God we learn to be all-season worshippers.
You have to fully understand what had just happened in this verse for you to see the power of David's worship on this occasion. This is moments after the child he had had by his affair with Bathsheba had died. He had spent a long time fasting and crying out to God to save the child he had produced in sin, but the child died. The servants were scared to tell him of the child’s death, fearing his reaction, but they were surprised by his response when they did. He did not go into a rage but rather rose, washed, and went to God’s house and worshipped.
He was an all-season worshipper. Even though things did not go as he wanted, he still worshipped; and that’s a big challenge, isn’t it? What do you do when things don’t turn out like you think they should?
David worshipped because his trust was in the Lord. He fully trusted God even beyond what he knew or could reason. When you trust God, worship flows through every season – when things make sense, and when they don’t.
When my mum passed away I couldn’t understand why. It was not the result I wanted but one thing I did was take David’s example and, when I left the hospice, I went to the Lord and worshipped. Why? Because I trust Him and, like David, I know that it is in the place of worship that my heart and life are made strong again.
Everyone of us will go through the seasons of life, but don’t be a good-time worshipper only; resolve in your heart that, like David, you will worship Him on the mountain tops, in the valleys, and even in the wilderness. Worship displays your trust!
Have a great day,
Andy
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