Recently, I have been drawn to hymns and not contemporary
worship music in my personal time of worship. I have found that many
contemporary worship songs are about the worship itself, not about God. I think
that this distracts me from the true meaning of worship- to adore God. Many
hymns are solely about God and our relation to him. This reminds me of the idea
of “disinterested delight” not exoteric praise. In Phenomenology of Prayer, we learn that this is “sucking up,” admiring other
humans rather than adoring God. When a worship song is about the actual state
of worship, not the Creator, I think it defeats the purpose of worship. I get
pretty distracted at showy music during worship and constantly get distracted
from the true meaning of worship, to praise God. Later in the book, we read
about humble adoration, that this causes de-centering of self to adore God, not
ourselves. To me, hymns help me decenter myself and truly look at the characteristic of God. Do you have
feelings of this disinterested delight in your own personal time of worship?
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