Sending Messages Through Worship

[360 words] Long before e-mail and long before texts, people were sending messages. Solomon sent a message to Hiram, asking him to provide lumber for the building of the temple (1 Kings 5). Hiram answered with his own message, “I will do all you desire concerning the cedar and cypress logs” (1 Kings 5:8). John wrote about the message that came from God and had been declared to others: “. . . God is light and in Him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). Later, he reminded readers of another message: “. . . we should love one another” (1 John 3:11). Some messages are important. Take for example the messages we send when we engage correctly in worship. Think about four of these: The Message to God. We send a message of respect. “Worship” literally means “to fall on the ground in front of.” We figuratively fall…