Read: Romans 1:25, Acts 17:23
I was scrolling through TikTok the other day and came across a concert video. The crowd was fully immersed, hands lifted, people crying, lights pulsing with the beat. It was powerful. But what caught my attention wasn’t just the video, it was a comment. Someone wrote, “Churches are always trying to replicate this kind of experience in their worship services.” That hit a nerve. My fingers flew to the keyboard, “Excuse me, sir, actually, concerts are trying to replicate what the church has always had, worship. That’s why we call it a religious experience, not a concert experience.” I was triggered! HAHA it happens to the best of us.
My takeaway from that experience is realizing just how deeply woven worship is into the human experience, whether we recognize it or not- we all want that experience.
Worship isn’t confined to Sunday mornings or sanctuary walls. It’s something we were created for, and it shows up everywhere, from stadiums to screens, from quiet awe at a sunset to the roar of a crowd. Romans 1 reminds us that people don’t stop worshiping when they reject God, they just start worshiping something else. We’re wired to respond in wonder to what captivates us.
Acts 17 reinforces this idea. Paul walks through Athens and finds altars everywhere, even one “to an unknown god.” Why? Because people have always sensed there’s something greater worth responding to, even if they can’t name it. Worship is inescapable. It’s not a religious side activity, it’s a human reflex.
The real question isn’t if we’ll worship, but what or whom we’ll worship. When our hearts are focused on God, worship becomes the most natural and transformative thing we can do. But when our focus shifts, we find ourselves chasing smaller glories, experiences that promise fulfillment but leave us empty. True worship, centered on the Creator, aligns our souls with our purpose and fills us in ways nothing else can.
Reflection Questions:
- Think about the last time you felt deeply moved, was it in a concert, a moment of beauty, or something else? What do you think that says about what you value?
- Are there places in your life where your worship has been redirected toward something created rather than the Creator?
- What would it look like to live each day as a worshiper of God, not just in music, but in how you see and respond to the world?