Today's Dose of Oswald Chambers

Some of you are no doubt familiar with Oswald Chambers and his daily devotional classic My Utmost for His Highest. Actually the daily entries are adapted from various lectures and talks that Chambers gave in the early 20th century.

Every time I read one of the entries in My Utmost for His Highest I come across a line that provokes and inspires me...and today was no different:

"If you have not been worshipping as occasion serves, when you get into work you will not only be useless yourself, but a tremendous hindrance to those who are associated with you."

The way I interpreted this was that if we are not worshipping God in our unseen lives we will have nothing to offer as we minister on Sunday mornings. Not only will we be unfit to genuinely lead people in worship but we will actually be a hindrance to our fellow team members.

The good news is that God is always there to forgive us and will draw near to us as we draw near to Him (James 4:8). It is a question of acknowledging our need for Him and being intentional about cultivating a lifestyle of worship. But none of should be fooled into thinking that there is an on/off switch as a worshipper. We can't just manufacture sincerity on Sunday mornings; it is the overflow of hearts that have worshipped in the small moments - the "offstage" moments.

May we all strive to be "unseen" worshippers as much as we are "seen" on Sundays.