"My brethren, look upon every duty of worship as a great thing that you must be intent in your thoughts about..." Here Burroughs hits on a very important point. We as believers need to believe and act on the fact that worship is indeed something to be valued and cherished. It is indeed a great thing. Instead we as "earthly" minded Christians treat worship with a heart that is lukewarm. Instead we need to follow the example that Burroughs gives in his book... the martyr is about to be burned and the executioner asks him to speak... The martyr responds with these words; "I am praying and I don't mind at all what you are doing." THAT is treasuring worship. He was so focused and so valuing his worship with his everlasting Father that he did not mind that they were lighting him on fire.
What do we put above the great thing of worship, that really is not necessary (in the context of cooperate worship)?
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