Made For Worship

Made for Worship

Read: John 4:4-26

“A time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.”

John 4:23

“If you will not worship God seven days a week, you do not worship Him one day a week.”

—A. W. Tozer

IN WORD When we consider God’s will for our lives, we usually are thinking in terms of a career direction or a major family or financial decision. God wants to direct us in these, but He has a higher priority. What is God’s will for us? Worship.

Jesus calls for obedient followers. He asks us to pray that laborers be sent into the harvest. But above all of these callings of service is a prior calling: to worship Him in spirit and in truth. This is our ultimate purpose. When all is said and done, when the Lord has returned, when the multitudes are gathered before His throne, we will know we exist only for worship. It is the last picture given in Scripture of the saints in heaven (Revelation 19).

It stands to reason, then, that this is what God’s creation is all about. When we focus on accomplishments and service, we are missing the point if these are not acts of worship themselves. When we seek His guidance, we may not get it if we’ve neglected His first purpose for us. We must major on worship and let everything else support that vision.

IN DEED Every workman knows you need the right tool for the right job. Human resources managers know how to assign people appropriate tasks. But in our relationship with God, we sometimes miss the point that we are created for His glory. We find ourselves as misapplied tools or employment misfits in the kingdom of God because we don’t see our proper role.

Above all else, Christians’ lives must be characterized by worship. There is a reason Jesus pointed to our love for God as the greatest commandment (Matthew 22:37). It fulfills our purpose. We were designed for worship, and the Father is seeking those who know that.