Worship Must Be Spontaneous—Not!

Jonathan Aigner has a well-written post addressing the idea that if worship must be spontaneous to be genuine. Here is a portion:

Worship based on personal expression is me-worship. It is a self-absorbed, self-referential exercise. It is like the immature utterances of a group of small children, each intent on dominating the conversation.

It is an exercise in human futility.

Me-worship values casual, familiar, extemporaneous conversation. True worship values planned, refined, elegant speech, carefully crafted to write God’s message on our hearts. True worship prays truly.

Aigner brings out the historicity of corporate liturgy and offers comparisons demonstrating its effectiveness and rightness.

When considering worship, choose wisely.