God moves amongst his people to restore both us and his church. God’s way to do this is amongst others through warm and sincere celebration of God through praise and worship. We need to worship God. And God deserves our worship, praise and thanksgiving. What does praise and worship do for us?
Firstly, God commanded it. God desires people who will praise and worship him. Praise and worship make us obedient followers of Christ.
Secondly, God is worthy of our worship. He deserves our praise and thanksgiving. Revelation 4:11 says, "Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for you created all things” and Revelation 5:11-12, "And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”
Again in Revelation 7:11-12 we read, "And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, 'Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.'"
Thirdly, as we praise and worship God, our focus is not on ourselves, but on the Lord. As we are aware of his presence, we become conscious of his glory and greatness, his majesty and his power. Praise and worship bring us into the very presence of a holy God where we hear his message and receive the work we are to do for him.
Fourthly, praise and worship give insight into ourselves, our sin and short comings and our challenges. Looking at our lives in the light of the ability and the glory of God makes our issues solvable and bring us to a place where we know that our sins are forgiven and that nothing comes between God and us anymore. And that nothing is impossible with God.
Fifthly, worship and praise change us. It changes our attitudes and our mind. It takes away our cynical thoughts and gives us hope. It makes us people of faith. It makes us people who through faith celebrate the grace, the power and the love of God.
We are priests in the kingdom of Christ and we bring the sacrifice of praise to God. We are people of praise, because our God is worthy of our praise, and because we receive a new life and new hope and meaning through praise.
Let’s make it our priority.
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