Worship

I got to thinking today, "Why do so many people think that worship is about them?" I mean, too many people seem to think that the reason we gather for corporate worship if for them to get something out of it. Soren Kierkegaard said that the problem with worship is that those in the congregation should not see themselves as the audience but rather as the actors on the stage with God as audience and the pastors and musicians in the service as mere prompters in a divine production. Rather than reflecting on what we got out of the service we should be asking if what we brought to God that day was acceptable. I know I easily fall into the trap of expecting to receive something rather than give something to the creator. We would be much better off whenever we worship as actor rather than spectator. Shalom.