One of my very favorite things I've read about worship comes from Max Lucado's book Cure for the Common Life. I might get finger cramps, but I'm still going to type out part of it because i love it so.
We worship God because we need to.
But our need runs a turtle-paced distant second to the thoroughbred reason for worship.
The chief reason for applauding God? He deserves it. If singing did nothing but weary your voice, if giving only emptied your wallet - if worship did nothing for you - it would still be right to do. God warrants our worship.
How else would you respond to a Being of blazing, blistering, unadulterated, unending holiness? No mark. Nor freckle. Not a bad thought, bad day, or bad decision. Ever! What do you do with such holiness if not adore it?
And his power. He churns forces that launch meteors, orbit planets, and ignite stars. Commanding whales to spout salty air, petunias to perfume the nights, and songbirds to chirp joy into spring. Above the earth, flotillas of clouds endlessly shape and reshape; within the earth, strata of groaning rocks shift and turn. Who are we to sojourn on a trembling, wonderful orb so shot through with wonder?
And tenderness? God has never taken his eyes off you. Not for a millisecond. He's always near. He lives to hear your heartbeat. He loves to hear your prayers. He'd die for your sin before he'd let you die in your sin, so he did.
What do you do with such a Savior? Don't you sing to him? Don't you celebrate him in baptism, elevate him in Communion? Don't you bow a knee, lower a head, hammer a nail, feed the poor, and lift up your gift in worship? Of course you do.
Worship God. Applaud him loud and often. For your sake, you need it.
And for heaven's sake, he deserves it.
1 comment:
Oh I love this! That Max, he sure can hit the nail right on the head when it comes to writing! Thanks for sharing this, it's a good one to really get into my heart and my head!
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