Recap: Extravagant Worship

The choir has started reading this book and I have to be honest... it's already turning my understanding of worship upside down.  This past week we looked at chapter one where it defines what our worship should look like...

Extravagant: exceeding the limits of reason : lacking in moderation, balance, and restraint (praise) : extremely or excessively elaborate : spending much more than necessary : profuse, lavish


She used the example of the woman who broke the perfume on Jesus' feet and washed them with her hair... the disciples response?  "Why such waste?"

Our worship won't necessarily make sense to those around us.  Darlene gave the example of a couple who worshiped God through the loss of a child and the young man paralyzed who abandoned himself to worship.  That's a picture of true worship.

David asks in 1 Chronicles 21:24 why would I offer the Lord, that which costs me nothing.... Worship is often times a true sacrifice... but it's that step of faith to declare who God is, in spite of our circumstances, that takes it beyond lip service to true worship.

What do you think extravagant worship looks like?