Students want their worship to be true and right as much as we want it for them. No one is interested in fake worship. Many worship songs are so happy, I was once told, that it seems like a sham. Worship is also relegated at times to a functional role, merely bracketing other content. One worship leader gently expressed to me her frustration that worship is often used to focus people on the Word, to respond to the Word, to get people excited or even just to get them in the room.
Worship is important in and of itself.
After all, worship is not for us, it s for God. True, but that s just part of the picture. The more complete truth is that we do encounter God in worshiping him and that s good for us. We want to give God all the glory due his name, but God is not threatened by our enjoyment. We find joy in praising him and calling on him.