Ecclesiastes 5:1-2 (NASBStr)
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil. Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.
Are we to casual in our worship? Have we reduced God to a song, a beat, a show? Is He "cool" with us as we rush in to worship Him, coffee cup in hand, donut in our mouth, and the Saturday football game on our minds? Why do we jump up and down as we think we are seeing God, yet everyone in God's Word who came face-to-face with God, fell on their face in repentance and in shame and in fear? Is that what Solomon is trying to get us to consider in the above verses? Do we "guard" our steps when we come into the house of God? In the day of the Tabernacle there was a great fear to come into worship God. Two of Aaron's sons came in once with the wrong fire on their sticks and were struck dead. Cain came to offer a gift with the wrong heart and was rejected by God. Yes, David danced before The Lord and the writer of Hebrews tells us to come boldly into the throne of grace (Hebrews 10), but, does that mean casual and looking cool? We are able to come in boldly because of what He has done on the cross by destroying the veil that was between us and God. We don't come boldly in simply because we are cool and God is cool with us. Solomon is telling us to be careful how we approach God. We must always remember that our rash words are often foolish before God. Elvis Presley gave us a song entitled, "Only Fools Rush In", referring to how careful we are to be to fall in love. We often warn our young people to heed that warning. Yet, when it comes to worship we are so casual we reduce the experience of worshipping the Almighty God to the scent of a rock concert or college football game. Are we too casual in worship?
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