Many things are a means to an end; not worship.

Most things in life are a means to some end or server a larger goal. In fact if you just look at something like a house payment, you spend a lot of your day working to accumulate hours in a day, days in a week, at the end of the week a paycheck, at the end of the month a portion of your pay to your house payment, that portion is one of MANY that fulfill the task of buying your house and owning it. All these hours are a means to the end of owning a home. Lot's of things are like that, so it's easy to be in that mode. Worship isn't.

I was reading John Piper this morning and a page just jumped out at me. I'll do my best to paraphrase. John says, worship is not a means. It's THE end goal. We don't have worship on Sundays as an outlet for musicians, we don't worship to make people feel better, it's not to attract larger crowds. We don't worship to raise money or get better or heal relationships. We worship for one simple reason. It's to express our deep satisfaction in the Lord and give Him glory. It's so simple. How about participating in something that is an end goal in itself!