Wanted: Worshippers

"The Father seeks worshippers." -John 4:23
That verse is so simple, but also so challenging. Am I the type of worshipper that God seeks? Do I have the right stuff? What parts of my life do I not offer to God as worship?
Here's what I came up with for our lives, and I think these are simple areas of life that are often easily overlooked. Out free time and our social life. Kind of weird to think of offering our free time and our social life to God. But here's what we usually do with our free time and our time with my friends. We usually do what I want to do. It's always about me. I watch what tv shows I want to watch. I go to resteraunts I want to eat at. I see movies I want to see. But this is what challenged me.
What could we be doing that would honor God and bring worship to Him? Here's what I came up with.
1. Spend more time with God. If we have enough time to watch an entire four hour football game on Saturday and Sunday and Monday, then we're not spending enough time studying God's word or praying. That's twelve hours in three days that we waste just to know who won. Think of how much better we would know God if we spent that time with Him.
2. Spend time investing in peole. It may sound strange or silly, but what is it that God wants us to do while we're hanging out with our friends? That doesn't mean, should we go to Longhorn's or Ruby Tuesday's for dinner, but how can I invest in people while we're together? How can I speak the truth of God to them. It must be done with a purpose and with love. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17
Obviously there are many more areas of our lives that we could be holding onto for ourselves. But these are two areas that are simply overlooked to often. God wants us to offer all of ourselves to Him, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem to us.