Participative Worship and Romans 8:28

Len Hjalmarson has a thought provoking post on the interpretation of Romans 8:28. You know the one. In the KJV it reads:

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

I think he makes a good case that this sentence really means something more like:

And we know that for the good of all things God works together with those who love Him, with those who are the called according to His purpose.

No wonder the whole of creation is groaning, waiting for the appearing of these children of God. From the beginning God designed creation to be nurtured and brought to its complete glory by the working of God together with His eikons.

Of course, no sooner do I read this post of Len's than I am listening to a talk from the Calvin Institute of Worship's 2006 Symposium on how worship is really about God working together with us — hence worship must needs be participative and not passive.

Maybe God is trying to tell me something.