(Psalms 99:5 MKJV) Praise Jehovah our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy.
“We don’t worship God because He needs it but because we do.” To worship something greater than us is natural because that is the way we were created. Look at any people group and you’ll see it, even here in America despite our “self-made” position with working professionals or our self-reliant attitude with the wealthy we still worship things such as sports, our jobs, money, our ability to influence you name it! When we worship God our eyes are taken from the lesser things and placed upon the one thing that deserves our praise. God has done many wondrous things but it is not these things that we worship but Him and Him alone! When this is our attitude our eyes are opened to just how wonderful He is. This leads to us living the abundant life not because we have money but because we know He is taking care of us, not because people have high opinions of us but because we hear what the Creator says about us, and not because we have built an empire but because we have built our lives upon the solid rock of Jesus Christ and this life on earth is just preparation for what is to come! When our perspective is right then we live as God’s kids – giving out of His abundance, not ours! Worshiping God is key to living the life we all want to live, even though at first it feels awkward. From my experience I know singing in front of a large group can feel awkward to but when you finally let go and give it all you’ve got it can be very rewarding. It is the same way with worshiping God and keeping a holy reverence towards who He is, only so much more! Worship and thankfulness go hand in hand and many times you don’t know what you have been given until you are about to lose it. Could it be this economic down turn that we are all feeling is God trying to get our attention so that our hearts are once again turned towards Him? If we believe life is over when we die then this economy is tragic but if we believe this life is preparation for what He has prepared for us then we begin to see how He can use it to shape us into something greater than we were before and when you understand that worshiping Him is no longer awkward but natural.
