Proclaiming God to the World

If we proclaim God inside the walls of the church only, we have shortchanged the ultimate fulfillment of a true and authentic worship.  Authentic worship must always be fulfilled  with the church being the body of Christ in the world.  We can spend hours and hours every week of our church life in passionate prayer, worship, preaching and teaching, but if that doesn't culminate in ministry out in the world then our worship is faulty and possibly false worship.  It is God's heart and mission to proclaim Who He is to the world.  The proclamation of God includes missions and evangelism, but even more than that.

Therefore, true worship seeks to make God known.  It is impossible for us to truly seek God with all our hearts, adore Him and glorify Him in our worship, apart from being ones who proclaim God faithfully.

How do we proclaim Him?  We proclaim Him by becoming more and more like Him as we seek Him.  We proclaim Him by living Godward lives in our sphere of influence.  And yes, we proclaim Him by ministering to those in need and through missions, praying, going, and giving and through evangelizing the lost.  

Our greatest opportunity of proclaiming God is being who we are in Christ.  What and who we are, our way of thinking, acting, and living, is the way we best proclaim the message of Christ.  It becomes the fruit of our lives and the fruit of our worship.  mjm