God is a God of purpose. He never does anything without an
original intent. God created worship to
achieve something, to promote and enhance change. Its sole purpose is to give
Him pleasure. Have you wondered what God’s pleasure is?
He is God of all and above all and desires
reverence and adoration to be given solely to Him by His creatures. Nevertheless,
what is worship? Why do we worship? How do we worship? Why do we go through weeks
and weeks of gathering together to worship God? Does worship have any lasting effect
or impact on the worshiper? Is worship
about us or about Him? What was God’s original intention for creating worship?
It must have been of great importance to Him to have created a being – Lucifer,
solely for giving Him worship. God selected a whole tribe, the tribe of Levi
for the assignment of creating worship in the Temple
Why does God demand sole worship?
“I
am the LORD your God,…You shall have no other gods before me…You shall not bow
down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,…
Ex
20:2-5
God is one. He is Sovereign and has sovereign
rulership and authority over all creation. All things were made for His
pleasure.
“Thou art worthy O Lord to receive glory,
honor and power,
for
thou hast created all things
Rev 4:11 [KJV]
From the Old
to the New Testaments, it is obvious that God’s desire from the foundation of
the world and His original intention for the creation of man is that man should
give Him pleasure; spirit, soul and body.
God created man so that man could know Him and
love Him. Worship flows from a love relationship with God. It’s all about
loving God. All relationships are based on trust. In worship you step out and
trust what God has said about Himself and His ways.
Imagine a man taking a walk into a supermarket to
buy a piece of antique just to give him pleasure. He might as well have
purchased something else but rather having the power of choice, chooses a
particular piece for his pleasure. In
like manner, God says in Gen 1:26 “Let us
make man in our image and in our likeness…”
God made a divine choice to create man. Gen 2:7. In other words, man is God’s instrument to whom
He gave the power of choice. God created
man to give Him worship. Worship thrills God. It has great significance with
God.
From the beginning of time, worship has been
paramount in the heart of God. Little wonder King Solomon in his entire quest,
as seen in the Book of Ecclesiastes, discovered that the whole duty of man, in
all his earthly endeavors, is to fear God and worship Him.
Shalom!!
Shalom!!
(c) Chinelo Dillimono
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