What stood out to me the most in this piece of scripture is the fact that the Father is "looking for" worshippers. He's "seeking". In other words He doesn't wait for us to come to Him… He seeks us out! He's not a God who is sitting behind an intimidating audition table waiting for your 14 second rendering of some Broadway number, He's searching you out… He's scouting and scooping up those with the greatest potential!
Our God is looking for sincere worshipers. Those who worship from the heart… from the soul. This is what distinguishes us from the rest.
I read a few months ago on the recruitment/ scouting process of the NFL, and how players ultimately land on each team's draft board. Seahawks GM, John Schneider, who is responsible for reviewing scout picks, says this, "In the realm of Scouting, the easiest things to do are the evaluations of the guys… How he plays, what do you think his future holds, how high his ceiling is, what his basement is. You can do all the work in the world, you can do every psychological test you possibly can, but at the end of the day, you don't truly know what's in a man's heart or how he's going to react in a certain situation. The hardest thing we do is try to figure out what's in a man's heart." And I believe God is looking for the same thing in His recruitment of believers. What is in a person's heart? And I believe His process for evaluating this involves observing the way a person worships.
Scouts come out and they find you… but they find you doing the thing most natural to you ("those were simply and honestly themselves before Him in their worship.")
God is not holding auditions for performers… He's actively scouting for prospects.
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