Have you been praised today? Maybe someone praised your new hairdo or praised your amazing talents and skills. Maybe YOU praised someone for their sense of humor, like I often do to someone I know! It gives us a sense of \u201cgood\u201d pride knowing that someone \u201cnoticed\u201d us and our abilities. Suddenly, we might even stand a little taller and our smile is bigger!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And, even more so, think about how God must feel when we praise Him for His handiworks and His incomparable and overwhelming love for us. You and I were created to worship God. But why would God create human beings to receive their praise and worship? Isn\u2019t that being egotistical?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God is an infinite, perfect, Trinity of persons, responsible for the intentional creation of everything around us – which begs the question, if God is perfect, why does He need us to worship him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, He doesn\u2019t. God doesn\u2019t need us to worship him because there is nothing He lacks. He isn\u2019t on Instagram or Facebook and looking for numbers of \u201clikes\u201d!! He isn\u2019t starving for attention. So why is He so eager for us to worship Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Answer: He created us to worship because He knows that praise is an action that builds us up. Our hearts were made for Him. When He says \u201cWorship Me\u201d, He is inviting us into a relationship with Him. He is inviting us to trust Him. AND, when we are praising Him, we are pointing others to Him. We can\u2019t help but praise someone we love and our worship to God is our expression of love to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being a C.S. Lewis fan, I was helped in my understanding of worship through his \u201cReflections on the Psalms\u201d. He wrote: \u2018I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise\u2026 the world rings with praise… walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game \u2013 praise of weather, wines, dishes, actors, horses, colleges, countries, historical personages, children, flowers, mountains, rare stamps, rare books, even sometimes politicians and scholars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It\u2019s not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Praise is humble adoration of our Almighty God. Praise voices sincere and deep gratitude for who God is and what He has done. As we praise Him, we submit ourselves to the One who is worthy and Whose love is unfailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, let\u2019s stop for just a minute to PRAISE HE Who is worthy of our praise!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lord, we worship You. Thank You for saving us. Thank You for Your love and faithfulness. Thank You that we can worship You with joyful songs, praises and even dancing. Thank You for Your great love that sent us Your beloved Son to die for us so that we can spend eternity praising and worshipping YOU!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doesn\u2019t that feel good? Praising has its benefits. It gets us out of \u201cWoe is me\u201d, to praising and worshipping He Who is worthy of all our praise and worship. Eyes off me\/us and the eyes of our hearts on Him. How sweet it is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy mouth is filled with Your praise, declaring Your splendor all day long.\u201d Psalm 71:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPraise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.\u201d Psalm 106:1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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