The Why of Worship

Romans 11:33-36 (NIRV)

Praise to God

33 How very rich are God’s wisdom and knowledge!

    How he judges is more than we can understand!

    The way he deals with people is more than we can know!

34 “Who can ever know what the Lord is thinking?

    Or who can ever give him advice?” (Isaiah 40:13)

35 “Has anyone ever given anything to God,
    so that God has to pay them back?” (Job 41:11)

36 All things come from him.

All things are directed by him.

All things are for his praise.

    May God be given the glory forever! Amen.

We each have something to bring to our great God which gives worship and honor to Him.  We can offer to Him our bodies.

  

Romans 12:1 (NIRV)

12 Brothers and sisters, God has shown you his mercy. So I am asking you to offer up your bodies to him while you are still alive.

Your bodies are a holy sacrifice that is pleasing to God. 

When you offer your bodies to God, you are worshiping him in the right way. 

We not only give to Him our bodies, but also everything within it.  Do we give God our everything including in our worship?   

What is keeping you back from giving God your all?  The enemy wants you consumed by something else.  

A lifestyle of worship progresses from giving God something to giving God everything. Where are you on this journey? To progress on this journey, it requires us to change the way we think.

Romans 12:2  (NIRV)

2 Don’t live the way this world lives. 

Let your way of thinking be completely changed. 

Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. 

And you will agree that what he wants is right. 

His plan is good and pleasing and perfect. 

1. We must make our every moment about Him.

Jesus is called Emanuel.  He is God with us. Our every thought must be about Him.   

Have you ever been around someone who it's all about them?  This is called Narcissism.

Are you like that?  

Worship is the remedy for selfishness.  Sin is really fun in the moment.  It comes and goes quickly.  An obedient life produces joy for eternity. 

2. We must shape our every thought around Him.  

If we are to worship God, it must start with our thoughts.  

3.  We must commit our everyday to our praise and worship of Him.   

Psalm 150 (NIRV)

Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his holy temple.

    Praise him in his mighty heavens.

2 Praise him for his powerful acts.

    Praise him because he is greater than anything else.

3 Praise him by blowing trumpets.

    Praise him with harps and lyres.

4 Praise him with tambourines and dancing.

    Praise him with stringed instruments and flutes.

5 Praise him with clashing cymbals.

    Praise him with clanging cymbals.

6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord. 

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Allen Pedram, Church of the Highlands, Huntsville Campus