Does God NEED Your Worship?

4. From C.S. Lewis:

“A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.”

By refusing to worship God, we detract nothing from Him. By worshiping Him, we add nothing to Him.

So what is the point?

5. From our Lord Jesus:

“An hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers” (John 4:23). He adds, “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

This leads me to make the following observations about worship …

1. When we adore something that is perfect and flawless in every way, we are simply showing our intelligence and good taste.

We watch someone spend an hour at the museum of art, pausing in front of framed paintings and sculptures to take in each detail, and we conclude this person is cultured, educated, wise, something like that.

When we bow before the God of the universe, we are doing a lot of things, but one is revealing ourselves to be people of sense. It makes sense to bow before the God who created this universe.

2. God does not need our worship any more than the moon needs another crater or Mercury could benefit from a little more sunlight.

3. We need to worship.

God has built us so that when we bow before Him and humble ourselves, something happens.

4. There are good ways and wrong ways to worship.

That’s why Jesus said “in spirit and in truth.” I take “worship in spirit” to mean that our spirits, not just our bodies, are involved. Our innermost being is how He put it in John 7:37-38. And “worship in truth” involves the revelation from Jesus on God the Father, knowing Him, and being known by Him, such as in Matthew 11:27.

The Scripture is overflowing with teachings concerning bad worship, ways not to try to impress God. Psalm 51:16 and Isaiah 1:10-15 come to mind.

5. We worship the Lord for the same reason we charge our phones: We need it.

Worship is “unto” God but “for” us.

That’s what the carnal mind of man cannot comprehend.

Not even all Christians get it. Laymen in church will pray, “Lord, help us to get something out of the service today.”

That’s close, but still off.

Think of it as a paradox.