I will dance, I will sing to be mad for my King!

Today I had the wonderful opportunity to help out at 'Kings Kids'. For those who don't know - Kings Kids is a weekly event put on by Kings church, children aged 5-11 from the nearby community (so lots of un-church kids) come along for an hour of games, worship, teaching and whole lot of fun!!

Not only are we teaching the children, but the children teach us too - today one thing especially stuck me. There was one girl there who at the beginning was very hesitant to come and sit with the rest of the children, didn't like the loud noise, didn't want to join in with the games but as soon as the worship songs began she was dancing with her whole heart and body, and probably singing the loudest, without a single ounce of hesitation!
So often in worship I'm hesitant in being free... worried about what others will think of me or just 'not in the mood', but it shouldn't matter at all. Worship is for God, not for me or anyone else, purely for God. God deserves all our praise whole-heartedly and I need to learn to give it to Him.

So my challenge is to worship in a child-like way. The Bible tells us to humble ourselves like children... 'Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven' (Matthew 18:3-4) And of course we should worship God - 'Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name' (Psalm 100:4)

This song came to mind, and maybe it should be something to aim for...

Yes, a challenge but God deserves my unreserved, heartfelt worship!