Sometimes we rely on sermons and the worship gatherings alone to get us ready to worship. Friends, we are prone to wander, prone to leave the God we love. True worship is a daily dwelling that Paul is talking about in Colossians. This is a dailyrecognition that what we deserve is death, hell, the wrath of God, and an eternity in torment. But what we get through the gospel and the grace of God is God Himself. He is where there is real pleasure, joy, and fulfillment. Everything else will fail us.

Colossians 3:16 says, “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”

When someone asks me what my definition of worship is, I tell them “worship is a response to who God is and what God has done.” The third chapter of Colossians illustrates that the main thing we respond to is the gospel. “Word of Christ” in this context is to be understood as the “Word about Christ”, which would point to the perfect life, substitutionary death, and victorious resurrection of Jesus.

When we dwell on this, it should stir within the depths of our soul an uncontainable joy. I think we sometimes become numb to the gospel. “Gospel” has certainly become a buzz word in the church world. Yet when we let the gospel dwell in our hearts and take up full residence in our souls, so that there is no room for anything else, it should get our worship pulse racing. Sometimes we rely on sermons and the worship gatherings alone to get us ready to worship. Friends, we are prone to wander, prone to leave the God we love. True worship is a daily dwelling that Paul is talking about in Colossians. This is a dailyrecognition that what we deserve is death, hell, the wrath of God, and an eternity in torment. But what we get through the gospel and the grace of God is God Himself. He is where there is real pleasure, joy, and fulfillment. Everything else will fail us.

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