2d • Biblical Studies
Daily Devotion 2/11
“Only One God To Worship”
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.””
~ John 4:23-24 NIV
Worship is the oldest practice in the history of mankind. There is no culture in the history which has not practiced some form of worship. We were created to worship and the essence of worship can be found in the first of the Ten Commandments: “You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3) This actually teaches us three vital truths about worship.
First we worship God because he is God. The first commandment is first because God’s revelation and man’s response are foundational to everything else. Second, God alone is worthy to receive worship, which forbids idolatry. So it requires that all services and acts of worship, which we tender unto the true God, with utmost sincerity, reverence and devotion. Worship means “to give honor, homage, reverence, respect, adoration, praise, or glory to a superior being. Worship is not entertainment, it is not enhanced by bolster or artistic. We do not approach God based on spectacles, but a deep reverence and revelation in our SPIRIT of the ONE WHO is being "WORSHIPPED.
Third there is only one God, Maker of heaven and earth. Anything or anyone else claiming the title god is a disgrace. When we give our highest attention or allegiance to anything or anyone other than God, we are worshiping what is false. Since God is the object of our worship, He and He alone have the right to determine how we are to worship Him. We read in Jeremiah 10:23, "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps." We are not granted the option of directing our own ways or by any other earthly human. Only God is the One who we look to for guidance and direction.
God expects us to worship Him as an expression of love and gratitude to Him. God does not have a self-esteem problem. He does not need praise and worship to boost His self-image. Bible says, "God who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives life, breath, and all things." (Acts 17:24-25)
“To honor God as God, we must worship Him as He and He alone decrees.” ~ R.C. Sproul
“Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”” ~ Luke 4:8 NIV
Amen…
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