Differences in Worship

This one might step on the toes of people who normally agree with me.

Somethings I've observed in the many churches with which I've been involved are the differences in worship, and no, I'm not talking about music, or the "Touchdown," "Arms Wide Open," or the "Perpetual High Five" stances... Though, my personal go to is the "Elbow Flap," when my hands aren't on a soundboard or lighting console.

Click here if you don't know what I'm talking about.

Here's my question: What is the actual object of our worship?
Let's skip past the typical idols of our existence: Women, men, sex, money, cars, movies, etc. We all know those can be a problem already. I'm talking about something that many of us may not even consider to be an issue.

I'm afraid the church, in general, is focusing their worship on what God does or will do, rather than focusing on God, himself. I see it when people speak from the pulpit, sing from the stage, in daily conversation, in status updates, tweets, etc.

There is nothing wrong with asking God to let his glory fill the area in which you choose to worship him. However, we know from numerous passages that God is always with us. We cannot escape his presence, so why the redundancy? Why ask for Him to be there, if He's already there?
Add to that, the fact that we are expected to consistently worship God, in good times and bad. Doesn't that mean we should be worshiping Him even when we don't "feel" His presence? When we don't think He's there?

I've heard it said after a worship service, "Man... God really showed up tonight." That is the same line I hear when the Giants win... "The Giants really showed up last night."
I've also heard "God just didn't show up." But no... The people who say that God didn't show up are misguided and allowing what they "feel" to dictate how active God is in their lives and in their church. The real issue is that they just didn't notice God's presence. They were expecting a grand spectacle of dancing, jumping, shouting, speaking in tongues, etc.

It's my thought, that if I'm hanging out with my pastor, dad, wife, brother, or the guy to my left at Starbucks, and we're discussing doctrine, theology, mission work, music, lyrics, church business, or anything that is potentially edifying, God is no less present then, than when I'm at a Casting Crowns (or Disciple, Emery, etc) concert with my hands in the air. In fact, a meeting of the Church's Board of Trustees should be just as spirit-filled as the worship service on Sunday.

So, instead of focusing our attention on what "God's gonna do," let's put it back onto God, himself.