A Worship Leader Blog

Tonight I'm watching the KU-Texas Tech game on TV (and no, I'm not going to make that tired point that it's sad that worship services aren't as loud and joyful as KU basketball games). It's Senior Night for KU, and about 2 minutes before halftime, the 'Hawks are ahead by 23. Senior Night means the senior players' parents and family are in the fieldhouse, and it's a night for emotional pre-game recognition and post-game speeches. It's an awesome and touching thing to see. The last play before the last time-out was a long three-pointer by senior Russell Robinson, and the camera cut immediately to his parents in the stands, with their fists in the air and broad smiles on their faces, beaming with pride, joy and love for their son, who is playing his heart out, and clearly having the time of his life.

I couldn't help but think that this is a picture of our Father's love for us when we are doing the thing he made us to do. "What is the chief end of man?" asks the old Westminster Catechism--"...to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." Is this not the essence of worship? We glorify God in worship, and we also worship him by doing the things he made us for; it is in doing those things that we enjoy him most, and he is most glorified in us. This calls to mind something that I may have mentioned here before--the moving scene in "Chariots of Fire," where Eric Liddel is trying to calm his sister's concerns that his competitive running is distracting him from the mission to China. He said, "God made me for China; but he also made me fast--and when I run, I feel his pleasure."

I believe it was John Piper who said that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. Makes sense to me.

By the way--with 7 minutes left, KU is up on Tech 93 to 40.