I'm getting a little tired of worship leaders. Not everything about them, mind you. They serve a valuable position in the modern church. It's just that, singing and making music is their thing and they are passionate about it and like with anything else that folks go getting passionate about, they can take it a little far.

I can't count the number of times that I've been in a church service and in a fit of excitement or inspiration or whatever you may choose to call it, the worship leader will remark, “We were created for worship. This is what Heaven is going to be like, a 24/7 worship service!”

I hope not. My throat is starting to parch just thinking about singing all day long.

I do have a point here. The worship movement has become another one of our sacred cows. We've narrowly defined it. We think of worship as a worship service, where there is singing, music, scripture reading and maybe a time of confession thrown in. We call that “worship” and then go on to say that this is what we were created to do. Really? The sole reason of our existence is to sing to God? That makes God sound kind of small.

Worship isn't all about singing and offering verbal platitudes to God. Worship is anything and everything we do that gives glory to God. Every aspect of our lives should be a form of worship. You can worship God in your songs, but you can also worship God in your work, in your recreation, in what you say to your friends and loved ones, in the way you listen, in the outlook you have on life.

I wouldn't dare speak for God, but based on my understanding of Scripture, I think it is this type of worship that really counts. It isn't about how hard you sing or pray on Sunday morning. True worship is about the attitude of your heart.

When Jesus met the woman at the well, He told her that one day believers would worship in spirit and in truth, that true worship had nothing to do with geographic locations or times set aside for worship. A modern rendering of that conversation, might look like this.

“Teacher, your denomination says all worship services must include communion, but my church says worship doesn't have to be confined to the church. What do you say?”

“Ma'am, the time is coming, and has in fact come, when all people will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. Not in one church or another, but in all you think, say and do, day to day.”

Worship is simply glorifying God. It is not a limited or singular act. We were created to glorify God, but that includes so much more than singing, dancing and strumming the guitar.