The Difference Between Is and As

Have you ever heard people talk about "Life as Worship" - the understanding that everything we do is an act of worship towards God? I was thinking about that statement today and wanted to make a very simple, yet critical, observation.

There is a HUGE difference between "Life AS Worship" and "Life IS Worship".

Unfortunately many of us have mistaken IS for AS and are living our lives under the false impression that everything we do IS worship - simply because we are Christians! Now it is true that everything we do CAN be worship, but that doesn't mean that everything we do IS worship!

Let me explain.

Just because...
...I'm in a room with Christians doesn't mean we're worshiping
...there is a song in my heart doesn't mean I am worshiping
...I'm on a hike doesn't mean I've worshiped the God of Creation
...I feel warm fuzzies from a song doesn't mean I'm worshiping
...I went to church this week...

You get the point! In order for our lives to BE worship, we must DO worship.

We must do more than simply engage in activity, we must be engaged in the very activity that God calls us to, in the way that he calls to do it and then do it out of a heart that credits Him with the glory! Worship is our response to who God is, and we can not respond to Him without having an interaction WITH Him. (Just like being around my wife doesn't communicate to her how much I love and appreciate her! If it did, I wouldn't have a need to write her notes, buy her thougthful gifts, hug her, kiss her and shower affection on her!)

I don't say this to strike fear in our hearts, I simply want to raise this question:

Are we assuming our life IS worship, or are we engaging our lives AS worship?

I'd love your thoughts!