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Bummer Buster Friday - Worship

2/13/2025

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Good morning!

I was reading a devotional recently. It spoke to the idea of worship. Is worship only what we do in church on Sundays?

If we spend a little time in scripture we will discover that worshiping God is something we do as we live our life out. When we spend Sunday at church leaving only to forget God and His presence in our lives through the indwelling Holy Spirit, we have lost or at least have only a dim understanding of what kind of relationship God purchased for us through His Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.

When are hearts start aligning with God, His heart and His will, we start to wake up everyday and walk more closely in a worshipful way with God.

Here are some verses that reflect the idea of our worship being a daily, or even a every moment activity:
  1. ​1 Corinthians 10:31 - "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." It seems here Paul is sharing that anything we do should be worshipful of God, pointing to Him and His glory.
  2. Psalm 37:5 - "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act." We get a sense from the psalmist here that committing our work and days to God is a way we show our surrender, obedience and trust to God. For me this indicates a way that we worship Him.
  3. Colossians 3:17 - "And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Here Paul is clear in his letter that what we do daily needs to be done in and for the name of Jesus. This indeed would be worship.
  4. Colossians 3:23-24 - "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ." Paul continues in this same letter making clear that Jesus Christ and His work in our lives should be the motivation and reason for our work...in His name. Our living is in service to Lord Jesus.
  5. Matthew 5:16 - "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." Jesus speaks here pointing that how we live day to day, our work, can be light that points others to Him. Then in our work and daily living we are worshiping.
  6. Ephesians 2:10 - "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Paul shares that in Christ Jesus we have been purposed with work, outside of Sunday worship. This work, when we do it as God intended, glorifies God.
  7. James 1:22, 25 - "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing." James points to the fact that living for Christ through His word leads to God's blessing now and in eternity. The idea of listening to a sermon on Sunday that opens God's word for us, but then we walk out of church and are not doers seems to fall short of worshiping God. 

You get the idea here that God wants us to worship Him in every moment of our lives. It is a hard thing to do in our brokenness even as we belong to Christ and have been reborn. However, we know that in that Jesus Christ this is true (2 Corinthians 5:17).

We know that it is the work of Jesus Christ that brings us salvation. Let us be motivated by that fact to worship our Lord and Savior Jesus in all that we do everyday!

Lord Jesus, my prayer for each of us as we go into this weekend is that we remember that we can worship You in all that we do - keep our eyes, hearts and minds on You at all times. All glory, honor, praise and worship belong to You! Amen!

Have a weekend filled with the Peace that comes from knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
 
Patrick

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