Recognition of who God truly is leads to awareness of who we really are.  Some have questioned whether confession of sin has a place in contemporary worship.  Such acknowledgment of our shortcomings may be perceived as a “downer” or “turnoff” to congregants who have little background to church.  However, it is reasonable to question whether worship is Christian worship at all if there is no opportunity for confession.  Human confession is the reflex response of divine encounter.  If there really has been no confession in a worship service, then there has been no real apprehension of God.  His praise necessitates our humility.  We cannot truly honor his worth without sensing our unworthiness.  We cannot really see who he is and fail to bow.