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One of my favorite artists, Darlene Zschech wrote a book that I recently read called Extravagant Worship. She starts the book off talking about the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet with perfume – very expensive perfume. She goes on to talk about how the woman was very extravagant in her worship. She defines the word extravagant as: exceeding the limits of reason; lacking in moderation, balance and restraint (praise); extremely or excessively elaborate; spending much more than necessary; profuse, lavish.
To even think about those words in the context of worship is amazing. God, the Creator, Maker, Lover of our Souls, lavishes his love and grace upon us DAY BY DAY. Can we not lack moderation, balance and restraint in our praise? Can we show just a little bit of appreciation for all He has done for us? Something is to be said about someone who thinks about praise in such a way.
My challenge for myself and for those reading this is that we will not lack restraint in our praise. That we wouldn’t care about how crazy we may look. That we may raise our hands, that we may lift our voices in adoration. To not think about anything else but Him as He gives us all of Him. What a wonderful God we serve. Can we lavish our love on Him as He does for us??? What does this mean? To me it means to take just a little more time to appreciate the “small” things that we forget about…breathing? living? loving? These are all things we take for granted. May I never get too busy that I forget the small but huge things.
