10 Steps Ahead: A Growth Devotional with Adia PetersonSample

Worship From Within 

How's your worship life? As a teenager, I ran from the problems I was having in my life, straight into worship. It was a refuge for me, a safe place. When things in my life got heavy, my worship was the most intense. Sometimes as a young person, connecting with God in worship can be challenging. It's one of those things that can be hard to get into if your intimacy with God just isn't quite there. Worship is just so very personal! 

But when you get to a place where it becomes easy for you, normal, comfortable even, there is a huge return. The blessings of worship are BIG. In the Bible, the Psalms help us understand that when God moves in our life, praise is the natural response. When we really take a moment to sit down and think about what God has done and how good He is, we cannot help but worship Him. So then, worship begins with our admiration of God. That’s the seed of worship! Not necessarily for the “things” that He has given us, though that would be enough reason, but also for all that He is. He is great. He is faithful. He is with us. He is a warrior. He is our Father. He is the Maker of heaven and of earth.

When we are willing to let our guard down a little with God, we get to find out just how truly great He is, for ourselves. You don’t have to start with a perfect melody or voice, just with your sheer admiration for who He is.  

Think On It

Praise starts from within. It begins with having a genuine heart towards God that says, "God, I appreciate you. God, I love you and I want you in my life". In the times when I don’t always feel like what I'm giving to God is all together there, my worship reminds me that I love Him. That I don’t want to lose Him in my life, and that helps me to get back on track.

Ask yourself today, what could I do to make my worship to God more personal? How can I make room for everyday worship to become a constant in my life?