Connect Up: The Need for Worship
Lee Chewning, Associate Pastor | Worship
You and I were created with the desire to connect. We all long to feel like we belong. God made us this way from the beginning of time. His design is and always has been for us to worship Him...to connect UP. From early on in Genesis, sin got in the way and broke this fellowship with God as man began to have eyes for and desire things other than God. Yet God's mercy reached out to reconnect mankind when He sent His Son to live a sinless life and die in our place so that sin could be forgiven, thus establishing a new connection...a forever connection. Our hearts were meant to worship God and He has pursued us relentlessly.
Worship, in one of its simplest definitions, means to adore. It is not difficult for us to consider the many things in our lives that compete for our attention and can become things we grow to adore, maybe even more than our relationship with God. When we choose to walk with God, admire His perfect love for us, and position ourselves to experience awe when we see His perfect love for us, our hearts find complete joy and we experience abundant life.
Today, I would ask that you read Psalm 100 aloud. Make a joyful noise today and celebrate the Lord's goodness to you. Worship Him today in your own way. In song, in prayer, in proclamation, or in generous deeds for His glory, ADORE HIM!
Song Suggestion: "Made to Worship" by Chris Tomlin
