Heart of Worship

Hillsong United - The Heart of Worship

when the music fades

all is stripped away

and i simply come

longing just to bring

something that's of worth

that will bless your heart

i'll bring you more than a song

for a song in itself

is not what you have required

you search much deeper within

through the way things appear

you're looking into my heart

chorus

I'm coming back to the heart of worship

and it's all about you

It's all about you, Jesus

I'm sorry Lord for the things i've made it

when it's all about you

it's all about you, Jesus

King of endless worth

no one could express

how much you deserve

though i'm weak and poor

all i have is yours

every single breath

chorus

I'm coming back to the heart of worship

and it's all about you

It's all about you, Jesus

I'm sorry Lord for the things i've made it

when it's all about you

it's all about you, Jesus

'Heart of Worship' is one of the first songs I learned to sing when I started to go to Sunday School at a different church [from my home church] in high school. It quickly became a favorite. However, I don't think the full impact and possibility for the song sank in until this past Sunday.

We started the service about 20 minutes late because our keyboardist became ill and the liturgist drove him home. The organist was away with her family for vacation/ work. So we decided as the service started to do everything acapella, which works well for praise and worship, but not hymns as much. So I put out a plea after praise and worship for someone to play the piano. No one stepped up. So I went back and forth between the piano to attempt the hymns (and for those of you know me, know how much I dread playing in front of other people) and the pulpit to lead the rest of worship. I never want to have that experience again. Haha.

But more to the point, despite worship not "flowing" as well, I felt like we as a congregation transcended music to the heart of worship - where music doesn't matter and we were able to concentrate on words and intentions. And that was beautiful and can't be captured and contained in words. I can't wait to see where we go from here after connecting to God in those moments in that way.