Fully Human
For: The Institute of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephen’s University, Essentials Blue Online Worship Theology Course with Dan Wilt.
What does it mean to be a creative being?
We are created to worship God. We are called to be creators of beauty. (psalm 45: My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skilful writer). We are cleansed by His blood, and therefore able to answer the calling of worshipping God and entering Gods dimension. We are called to unlock the truth about God. We are called to intertwine together with all creation worshipping God. We are called to Celebrate Gods creativity through our creation. To be a creative being means telling the truth in a thousand stories, in every creative way we can think of, showing the Kingdom Story, the Savior story, the Creation Story with every opportunity God gives is. Our challenge is that we creatively use the heritage of the church.
What does it mean to be a relational being?
We are built for community. We have to recognize our deep need for some form of relationship with other human beings. We are responsible to follow Father, Jesus and The Holy Spirit, in giving, giving again, offering our selves, surrendering ourselves.
We are called to be community builders. As a community we have to welcome new people by being a family for them.
What does it mean to be a just being?
We are sons and daughters of the King. Priest-kings to rule the earth. As priest-kings we are called to live in righteousness. Our destiny is to rule and reign with the living Christ in the kingdom that is arrived and will arrive. We are unique in order to serve each other, we actually need one another. As priest-kings we are called to lay our crowns down before the throne of God, and to worship Him alone. He wants to act through his people; the image bearers of God. We have to wake up for our assignment to be renewed characters of the new world. We can live the complete life in the light of Christ, so we are ready when Jesus will shine over us like the sun.
What does it mean to be a spiritual being?
To be a spiritual being is to have communion with God. To be connected with heaven as well as earth. Our liturgy is a window to the bible. The bible is the window to God. When we open this window, we can explore the hearts and lives of people in relationship to God. We can explore the prayers and poems of people who were inspired by our loving God. When we begin to enter into that window, we can enter deeper into our relationship with God.
Good liturgy should be a sign and means of grace, an occasion of humility and gratitude. ‘Into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God’ (Romans 5;2).
