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Simon had seen countless foot-washings in his time.

It was a common sight, but the circumstances were so uncommon that the man in the back of the room had to say something.

As a Pharisee, he could not sit idly by and watch as this adulterous woman marched into his own house to wash the feet of a man who claimed to be the Christ. She had walked right through the front door, and saw Jesus sitting at the table eating. She walked right up to him, and began to cry as she knelt down at His feet. He sat quietly as her tears fell on His feet, and as she dried them with her hair. He didn’t even say anything when she took out a bottle of perfume that must have cost at least a month’s pay, and begin to pour it over His feet. Simon began to think, “This proves that Jesus is no prophet. If God had really sent him, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She is a sinner”. Christ looked Simon in the eye and talked about courtesy, and how little had been shown to Him until the woman walked in the door. His eyes began to meet those of everyone sitting around the table as he said “I tell you, her sins – and they are many – have been forgiven, so she has shown much love.” As the woman left, Jesus told her that her faith had saved her, and that she could now have peace.

There is a lesson that every one of us can learn from the woman that Luke chapter seven tells us about. She came to worship the Lord in an intimate way, but in a public setting. The fact that there was at least one Pharisee in the room did not stop her from using her tears to wash the feet of her Savior. She refused to let the people in the room dictate how she worshipped that day.

And so I ask this question. How does being in a public place affect our worship? Do we let the people that we work with or the people that we spend time with dictate whether or not our lifestyle is one of worship? The woman in story had one purpose in mind – to give Jesus adoration. Our purpose should also be to give our Creator adoration and worship with our lives.
My challenge to you is this. Make worship your priority. Work as unto the Lord (Col.3:23), speak pure and uplifting words (Eph.4:29), and be worship minded in all that you do. The worship that we give God in our worship services should be a reflection of a worshipful lifestyle, not the extent of it.

I pray that just as we lead our church in worship, that we can allow ourselves to be led in worship this month with our lives.

Tags: Personal Worship, Worship Leading, Worship Ministry, Worship Theology