Let Us Worship!

Our Father who art in heaven, Holy is your name.
Worship is inherent in man as were created for fellowship with our God. Man creates many substitutes to worship, money, work, fame, family and gods made with our own hands. All through the Bible the children of God were drawn away from God to worship other gods who were not able to help them, who could not provide for them or comfort them. How foolish to neglect the one TRUE God to serve an idol!!

Think about the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal, in 1 Kings. In the contest to determine which the real God was, the prophets of Baal became frenzied as they tried in vain to get him to respond to their cry. Elijah took his turn, and prayed a simple pray, after making it seem impossible for God to succeed. But God did respond, and fire came down from heaven,consumed the offering and all the water in the ditches. God goes beyond our needs.

In the dictionary the word ‘worship’ means: to respect; to reverence.
Thus to honor and to glorify There is no one more worthy of worship, than our Father God, creator of heaven and earth and all that is in them.

In John 4:20-24 Jesus was talking to the woman of Samaria, and they were discussing the differences between the Jews and the Samaritans.
In the 24th verse Jesus said: God is a spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.’ The Father seeks such to worship Him. True worshipers shall worship in spirit and in truth.

Worship then is not the place or the program, it is a heartfelt reverence; an honoring of the ONE who is worthy of our worship. The fact that we recognize God as creator, redeemer, Lord, is the act of worship.
God instituted worship by blood offering in the Bible to atone for the sins of man. First the animal in the garden, then the blood of bulls and goats, then the blood of the only begotten Son of God, Jesus, the supreme and final sacrifice.

Consider the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4:1-16
Cain took an offering he thought was okay, what HE considered worthy.
Abel brought an offering from the flock, a blood offering.
Why was Cain’s offering denied? If you read about the time in the garden when God discovered the sin of Adam and Eve, we find He took an animal, and made a covering for their nakedness. Thus, God was showing man that it was only a blood sacrifice that could cover or atone for sin. By His example, He taught them that a blood sacrifice was required to be acceptable before Him. God saw their hearts and what they brought before him. Abel brought the best of the flock, while Abel brought the fruit of the ground, his own efforts.
We can not earn the favor of God. The works of our hands are not worthy to offer to him. We are justified by FAITH; our true worship is what God desires.

In Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
God wants, desires our worship from our hearts. Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He hath showed thee o man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God?

Psalm 29:2
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
What can we give unto God that He does not own?
We can give Him WORSHIP!!
He deserves it, He should be given it freely, and WE should be willing to freely worship HIM in the manner He has taught to us.

When Jesus was tempted of the devil in the wilderness, in Matthew 4:10 he said, ‘Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, ‘Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall you serve.’. He was referring to Deut. 6:13, Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve him, and shall swear by his name. You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you. For the Lord thy God is a jealous God. Our worship encourages and convinces others to come to a God who is worthy of Worship, 1 Cor.14:22-25. The battle has always been over men’s heart and soul, from the beginning in Gen.2.
Our worship glorifies God, as in Psalms 50:23—whoso offers praise glorifies me; and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.’
Our worship strengthens fellowship,Acts 2:42-47,the new church continued daily with one accord, praising God and finding favor with all the people. Then the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

They worshiped God and overcame temptation.
They worshiped God. and miracles happened.
They worshiped God and their prayers were answered.
They worshiped God and the needs of all were met.

God does not lie, and when He promises us salvation, deliverance, healing, will He not grant our need?
Eccles. 12:13, 14, Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear (worship) God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Let us worship the one who is worthy!!
Enter into the presence of the Lord.
Trust and Obey, there is no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.
Let Him meet you as you worship Him, daily, often, with your whole heart!