Why should I worship God or Jesus?
It's not all about kum-by-yar m' Lord... Everyone likes a nice tune, but what is church music and worshiping all about?
There are different ways to look at this, but here's my take on worship music and worshiping God.
Hymns and the old classics are actually well constructed prayers that are sung and not spoken. John and Charles Wesley wrote many of them back in the 1700's, which are still used today.
Modern worship can take the form of someone strumming a guitar to the full-on Hillsong experience, which is more like a rock concert, as shown in the above picture. However, some refer to Hillsong as Hellsong, so it's important to not get carried away with the extravagance of some worship influences.
Worship music can, or is suppoed to help people get in the mood for focusing on God. But there is a fine line between worship and deliberate emotional triggering!
Personally I don't think that worship is for God's benefit. I don't see God demanding that we worship him and that he gets the needle if we don't. I think it is something we, on the otherhand, should see as the only thing we can offer him, and in doing so helps us connect with God.
Only Worship God - No one & Nothing Else!
I think worshiping God has an affect on our souls and our well-being as well as our acknowledgement that God is actually worthy to be worshipped. No one else is. In many things, God does not demand that we do anything, it's only after we learn and understand who our maker is, that we personally decide to worship Him.
We are told in the Bible to worship God in Psalms 96:9. For me, of course I worship Him, he created me and everything else around me, therefore I will worship as often as I can.
God expects us to worship him because he is the only being or entity worthy of worship - and we demonstrate our worship in many ways:
- By singing
- By speaking
- By the way we treat other people
- By living in an attitude of dependence on him and not money or 'man'
- By giving our finances to our community and those Christians around us, (not the bulding or business of church!!!), which is God's mechanism to help us prove to ourselves that we're not dependent on money
- By making offerings, giving gifts and alms for the poor (and keeping it quiet and not telling anyone about it of filming a selfie when doing it!
As you can see, there are various avenues that demonstrate our reverence honour and respect for God. The important thing to remember is that whatever we do, as long as God is at the centre of it, He's good with that. You will know the right way to worship God.
But beware! There are many new age and heretical worship bands or groups. The 'tunes' are moving, but it's important to understand exactly what is being sung and by whom, i.e., knowing their background, what they believe and so on and is it in line with the Bible?
Worshiping God demonstrates our reverence, devotion and submission to God. It communicates our humulity towards our maker and is an active experience that confirms and establishes our belief in Him and our expectation for the life to come.
