"Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come" 1 Timothy 4:8 (NLT)Worship: Spiritual "yoga"
.... True worshipers will worship God in spirit and truth (John 4:24)
Our worship to God is offered as a sacrifice... in spirit and truth... holy and acceptable.
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice- the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)
So, to know and understand how to worship- what is acceptable and pleasing to God- we must "know" God... and through this knowledge... His Word.... the truth.... we must be transformed... renewed... in our spirit... our mind... to one that is Christlike.
But it was to us that God revealed these things by His Spirit. For His Spirit searches out everything and shows us God's deep secrets. No one can know a person's thoughts except that person's own spirit, and no one can know God's thoughts except God's own Spirit. And we have received God's Spirit (not the world's spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual truths. But people who aren't spiritual can't receive these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. For, "who can know the Lord's thoughts? Who knows enough to teach Him?" But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 (NLT)
Our true worship is what we feel inwardly- our acknowledgement... our devotion... our loyalty and admiration for God and His power and Glory which we demonstrate through our actions.... our singing... prayer... praise!
Our worship must be the alignment... agreement... unifying of our minds... our hearts... our attitudes... the core of our humanness... our "bodies"... offered unto God- reserved for Him alone!
