On the August 13th weekend, Tara, Hunter, and I had the privilege of leading worship and speaking at New Horizons Christian Church in Dacono, Colorado. (Hunter is quite the worship leader already) 
Rob Thomas, the pastor, gave us the whole service to hang with his awesome church family. I spoke on what worship really means out of John 4. After 9 years of leading worship , you would have thought that I would have known the meaning of the word “worship”, and I did generally, but it wasn’t until I took a deeper look that I found out what it literally means. The Greek word for worship is the word “proskuneo”… pros means “toward” and kuneo means “to kiss”! Is that wild or what? Worship, as God defines it, means to come toward Him to kiss Him.
Wanna try something? Lean forward, close your eyes and imagine giving our GOD, the GOD of the universe, a kiss on the mouth.
God showed me a couple of things in that text:
1. He wants to be kissed a certain way: John 4:24 says, “God is Spirit and those that worship Him MUST worship Him in spirit and in truth.” That means that just any type of kiss won’t due. If you want to kiss Him, you have to do it His way. The act and the heart of worship, after all, isn’t about you or me, it’s about Him.
2. He wants us to remember who we are kissing: When I was studying this text in John 4, I heard the voice of the Holy Spirit inside of me say, “Do you remember the first time you kissed Tara?” I said, “C’mon!!!! Of course I do!!!! How could I forget that… it was the first time I ever put my lips on the hottest person on the planet!” Truthfully, I was shaking like a leaf. She even asked me, “Are you ok?” I guts were literally trembling with excitement! She thought it was weird, but really cute, and I thought I was a spaz. I heard Him speak again, “In a lot of ways, you were very aware of who you were kissing at that point. Do you remember the last time you kissed her?” I had just given her a quick kiss and tucked her in bed. He said, “In a lot of ways you are more aware of who you were kissing now than you were the first time you kissed Tara, but in a lot of ways, you’ve forgotten.” See the parallel He was driving at? There are times when we’re shaking like a leaf before Him, and others when we are just kissing Him without remembering the privilege that it really is.
Take some time right now to worship Him the way He wants it… in spirit and truth, and if you don’t know how, I want to encourage you to do something about it. Go online to www.e-sword.net and download a free version of the Bible. There is a translation on there called KJV+, which has all the Strong’s Concordance linked right into the text, so that you can explore the original meanings of the words. This is an unbelievable resource that has helped me tremendously in my personal study… It’s rocked my face off, honestly. How much is it? FREE So, Giddy-up and find out what it means to worship Him the way He wants it.
Lastly, take a minute to remember who it is that you are kissing.
