The thing that strikes me most in this passage is this quotation from the Book of Isaiah.
The Lord says
"These people will honour me with their mouth and honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men." - Isaiah 29:13
I've read many stories of the song "Heart of Worship". Watched interviews with Matt Redman and Mike Pilavachi regarding the story surrounding the song and interestingly, I've never heard them mention this verse because it speaks about the story so well!
Indeed, sometimes our worship, though it may be heartfelt and passionate may end up being "rules taught by men". You jump, I jump kind of situation. If the hearts are far from God, or if their hearts are more focused on the song or the method and not on the one being worshipped, I think we are not honouring God.
That's a big thought for me.
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