Which Kind of Worshiper are You?

Whenever the visible church gathers together for worship, there will almost always be two types of people in the crowd; the true worshipers of Jesus, and the non-worshipers.
 
True worshipers praise the Lord joyfully and with great gratitude, knowing that all of the condemnation they deserved as sinners was poured out on Jesus, and that they have been washed with the infinitely precious blood of the spotless Lamb of God. These believers do not worship out of habit or ritual in order to gain favor with god (such as superstitious Buddhists or Catholics might do), but out of love for Jesus.
 
True worship delights in Christ and desires to see Him exalted above everything on the earth. This kind of worship brings people low and humbles them, while simultaneously filling them with joy as they experience just a foretaste of what it’s like to be eternally united to Him!
 
If what I’ve just described seems foreign to you, then maybe you are one of the second type of person who may be found in a worship service.
 
Non-worshipers are those who attend worship physically, but do not engage spiritually. They might clap their hands or mouth the words to the songs, but their heart is not in it. I know everyone has seasons in life when they fail to engage in worship as they should, but that's not what I'm referring to here. I am describing those who have no spiritual life whatsoever. Instead of Christ being King of Kings in their hearts, the cares of the world and of the “self” are master. Jesus is not treasured in the heart of this kind of person. The world and flesh are treasured instead.

I write from experience, because this is how I personally spent much of my teenage years. I grew up in church, but spent many years in the pew as an enemy of God in my mind. But God opened my eyes. Instead of striking me down for the blasphemy of daring to ascribe to God in song words and attributes that I did not believe or even understand, He had mercy on me and the Holy Spirit opened my eyes one night to see the simple, glaring fact that although I was physically in the church, I did not know the Lord of the Church. I was convicted. I cried out to God sincerely for the very first time. My eyes were opened. His Word came alive and the Gospel became precious to me, and true worship began to flow from a grateful heart. 

I pray that all non-worshipers in our churches today would awake to see the glory of God in Jesus Christ, repent of their idolatry, and begin an eternity of knowing, loving, and glorifying the Blessed Savior!