Sometimes we have to talk to ourselves. The call to worship at times has to come from within. We have to stir ourselves and, in the words of Rend Collective, say ‘Come on, my soul!’
The psalmist knew the truth of this, saying ‘Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.’ (Ps 57:8) He knew that there are times when we are downcast and we have to stir ourselves to worship: ‘Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God,for I will yet praise him,my Saviour and my God.’ (Ps 42:5, 11) There are times when our hearts are already ready for worship (‘My heart says of you, “Seek his face! Your face, Lord, I will seek.‘ Ps 27:8). but there are many other occasions when we have to stir ourselves to worship, regardless of how we feel. We choose to worship. We choose to ‘let down the walls.’ We choose to believe in God’s goodness and repeat Scriptural truths, whether we feel like it or not. Worship is a choice, an everyday choice we have to make.
So as we gather in collective worship on a Sunday, let’s go prepared, having talked to our own souls before we join together. Let’s go ready to worship, eager to worship, prepared to worship, for Jesus is worthy of all our praise.