Imagining God

I just realized something tonight about worship that can also be applied to living a life for Christ in general.  Up until recently, I've thought of God in relation to me.  If I sang a worship song about never being fearful, for example, I would apply it to specific situations in my life where I shouldn't be fearful anymore.  I would think about how, with God, I shouldn't fear stress, the future, or any other thing in the smattering of things I constantly fear/worry about.  However, I've been reading "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan, and I came upon a certain concept that has led me to turn over a new leaf when it comes to worship and how I view the God I live for. 
I think this thought began to grow when Chan directly stated that the most important question is what we perceive God to be like.  Honesty hour, nothing at all came to my mind when he presented this question.  It was basically crickets in there.  After reading on, I came upon an interesting statement: "Don't we live instead as though God is created for us, to do our bidding, to bless us, and to take care of our loved ones?"  Upon reading this, an image of God began to grow and develop in my mind.  Maybe I should stop here and provide some background. 
I won't go into detail, but there are many things right now that I am selfish enough to think I should control instead of God.  However, tonight at a worship service I attended, I began to hand those things over.  Actually, a better way to describe this would be to say I began to realize that they weren't even mine to begin with.  Giving my life over to God means that my life is His.  It is foolish of me to think that these things I worry about are even mine to dwell on and try to control.  I felt such a relief knowing that God had and has always had me in His hands and will take me where I need to be, if only I listen.
Now, back to the image of God that grew in my mind.  As I was letting go of all my worries, and basically just being still in God's presence, I realized that I was applying everything I sang to these things I was letting go of in my life.  I was still putting myself before God in my worship by thinking that praising Him is about making sure I was ok with what He is doing in my life.  However, isn't the point of worship to stand in awe of God, to know that He is all-powerful, and that, while there are billions of us, there is only one God that had created it all and holds each of us?  Isn't the point to throw away ourselves for a moment and give everything we have to showing Him he is our everything? 
What I'm trying to say is that when it comes to living as a Christian, don't live like that test today or what you are stressed about is more important than the amazing God you worship.  This is hard for me to do too, but if we start to see God for who He really is, I know we will find true happiness in Him.