Enjoy part 2 of Ken Hicks post. He is our worship and creative arts pastor at TAG.
Why Do We Worship?
1. We were created to worship. Everybody worships something; money, power, material possessions, even dreams and ambitions. Everyone has a God shaped hole that only He can fill. When we lay down the junk, lay down the accolades, lay down the ego…when we part ways with self and worship God, he fills the void with His very presence.
2. We are called to worship. It’s our highest calling. It supersedes our job, our education, even our own families. John Piper says, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When the age is over, and countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever. We first worship the Lord, and from that place we are able to reach out and love those around us. From a place of worship we can be the best employee, student, son, daughter, etc.
As Christians, we cannot allow Sunday mornings to be our primary time of worship. What is seen on Sunday should just be the tip of the ice berg, the very surface of what is going on deeper inside. When we allow God to work in our PRIVATE times of worship, we then bring authenticity and integrity to our PUBLIC expressions of worship.
As a worship leader, I cannot take the congregation to a place I have not already been.
Like David, we need to embrace the hidden place and learn to seek after God’s heart.
3. We go to God in worship to gain His strength.
Read Isaiah 40:28-31
These are amazing times and God is doing great things through his people! The apostles could only dream about the tools at our disposal. Airplanes criss-cross the globe, cell phones, computers, instant connection to millions of people! The Holy Spirit gives us strength to do God’s work and empowers us to be His hands and feet. In His presence, in worship, we find a strength greater than our own.
When we worship, we bring honor to God, align with His plan, and prepare for the great works He has in store for us.
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