Devotion:
Our focus tomorrow in our time of worship is why we worship God. I would suggest there are two primary reasons: who God is and what God has done. Today, let’s focus on who God is. We worship God because we believe God is the supreme and ultimate Being. Everything begins and ends with God. As the opening words of the Bible state “In the beginning, God…” Before time began, there was God. God always has been and always will be. God is worthy of our praise and worship just because of who God is. We believe that God is the source of life, love, forgiveness, joy, hope, peace, grace and so much more. It is in God that we can know all of these beautiful aspects of our existence.
I compare this to loving someone we are close to, maybe a spouse, child or parent. We love them not for what they can do for us (that would be selfish) but just for who they are. We accept them and love them as they are. Along that same line, we worship God just because of who God is.
So we gather to worship God with music and singing and praying and learning from God’s Word, which we most fully experience in Jesus Christ our Lord. We also worship God by seeking to live our life each day according to the way Jesus taught us. Why do we worship God in these ways? Just because of who God is.
May we all commit to these words of the Psalmist: “I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”
Personal Worship Option:
Reginald Heber wrote the words to one of the most worshipful hymns of the Church:
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see.
Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee, perfect in power, in love and purity.
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