If worship is our response to what we value the most in our lives, what do you worship?
You see, we were created for worship. All of creation was created to worship the Creator, to bring Him glory. The heavenly host of angels never stops worshiping Him (Rev. 4:8) and all of creation does so compulsively (Psalm 19:1, 66:4). If we aren’t worshiping our Creator as we were created to do, we will worship something, exchanging the Creator for something He created or we created.
If we look at what we value most, we’ll see that we often worship other things…material things, an image, money, a cause or ourselves. These things are idols, lies that we cling to (Isaiah 44:20) and that we’re fooled into thinking give us value but instead leave us empty, deceived and alone. Yet what we worship often determines who we are, in that we become like what we worship. We take on its traits, its character, its ideals and its goals.
Who or what are you worshiping? Who or what are you becoming? The more direct question is this: Is it a lie or the Most High?
Romans 12:1-2 TPT:” Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.”
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