What is Worship

I wrote this in mid-September, and sent it to quite a few people, but figured I could post it, since it is still close to my heart... I want to be held accountable on this!

September 7th, 2007

God spoke to me today and then again this evening. I feel that I am supposed to share it with you while it is still fresh in my mind.
It isn't that profound or anything, but I would really appreciate prayer in this as well. I apologize for its length, or even for some of you, possibly its feeling of irrelevance, but this is on my heart.
I have found that I keep focusing on logistics and I have gotten really frustrated with work. It is amazing how I have maybe worked a total of 6 weeks at this job and I already lost focus. There have been several really big programmatic things that have arisen and I have found that I became really focused on trying to do the right thing and to please everyone around me as much as possible. I was doing it all on my own strength and kept running into walls.
It is funny, because as I was doing all of this I was talking to everyone about how sport can be used to glorify and worship God, but at the same time I wasn't doing that. I found that everything was head knowledge but I wasn't applying it. Well, today we had a meeting to discuss a few of the topics in a faculty meeting and God just worked in my heart. Throughout my life I have seen how so many people think of sport as a secondary activity, and sluff off the idea of it having any real significance beside being a fun activity to get exercise. That music, drama and the arts are a worthy form of worship. I am not saying that anyone was saying this specifically, but it was something that got in my head and woke me up. I know how sport is such a universal language and how amazing it can be to use it to worship God and I kept saying this to people for the last two months, but getting frustrated finally woke me up!
In chapel today we had a sharing time and one of our athletes said that Romans 12:1-2 had really spoken to him about how worship is not just music. This stirred my heart again and kind of sat there until this evening. I want to offer my body and life as a sacrifice to God in worship, every part of me!
I saw the gym open tonight, and decided to just dribble the ball around the gym. It was such an amazing time of worship and just talking to God and listening to His voice, no music, just me, the ball and God! It felt so, so good to just release all my thoughts to Him and give Him control again!
He really spoke to me about my heart and focus. There is nothing wrong with me wanting to do the right thing or trying to get the logistics right, but there were some foundational, simple things that I was missing, and that is to take the real time to worship Him and use the opportunities that He has given me!
All these things that I worry and work at must be worked at, but I need to still have my eyes focused on Him!
Even in my preparation to do a session with the athletes on the Audience of One Principle, I was focusing on every audience but this One important Audience of CHRIST!
I have such awesome opportunities here, and I have neglected them so much! I want to take the time to pray with each coach this week and with each athletic team, and just cast the vision that I think God has for this Bible College through our prayer time together!
I also have the privilege of being an athletic director in a league with four other Bible Colleges, why don't we take this privilege to pray together!
Anyway, that is my sermon today, I am never short winded. I would just like your prayer in this and I pray that maybe it might have encouraged a few of you as well! I want to do the right things and help the students on this campus worship Christ with every area of their lives, including through sport! I want to be a living example of that. I pray that Christ will give me confidence with students, coaches, staff etc, to share what He has put on my heart!
Thank you,
Jadon