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======Worship 4 - Made for Worship ...======
Friday, June 25, 2010. Why do people worship? Why is it that in this
world there are so many religions which worship God - one God or many Gods?
What is the background of human behavior?
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**Man is made for worship**
Some people think that reason is going to take over. Western world is to
some extent secular today. Religion has been pushed out of the public
life. But this seems to be only a very superficial judgement. If we look
deeper we see that many people continue with some kind of religious behavior,
with some type of worship. Sometimes it is centered around God, but many
people center their life around other things, around activities or around
institutions, even around cultic patterns. They behave similar to those
who worship God.
But there is a good reason why people continue to worship, even if they have
given up the idea of God as the creator of the earth. They worship since
mankind has been made for worship, has been made for trust, has been made for
a life with God, who superseeds our immediate environment. We look for things
beyond reason, beyond natural science, beyond our small life, because these
things exist and because we have been created to live with the eternal dimension!
We will not be able to come to final conclusions about human nature. That
is a very far reaching question. But we should think about the position
described in the bible, that God has made men and women to be with him, to
live with an eternal God and father and to worship him.
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**God deserves worship**
Why should we worship God? Because God deserves worship. He IS great. He IS
fantastic. Only he is pure enough that we can pray to him and worhip him.
Only he is powerful enough to do what ever he wants. He is humble enough to
fully live with and use his power. He is a true servent. Only a true servant
can be a true king. God is so breathtaking, that worship really makes sense!
We are made for worship. God is not made. He has been and is and will be.
He is the beginning and the end. We are made in his image, as his reflection,
as those who have their own will and their own dignity ... just to reflect
his dignity and deity and wonders. When we shine in his light, our worship
starts to grow ... true worship.
We are made to reflect God's splendor. We are made to reflect his love.
We are made to reflect his truthfulness. He is the Lord. When we start to
become light in his light, we start a life full of worship. We cannot make
this, we can only live in his light. Like flowers in the sun. Like the
grapes on the vine. Like jars which are filled by him. We are made to
worship him.
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