Total Worship

Revelation 22:9b

Worship God

While reading this chapter, the closing passages of the Bible, these two words caught my eye more than anything else. One of the last messages of the Bible is not some grandiose theological theory. It is our mission statement. Do we worship God? Does our life bring Him glory in ALL the areas of our life? Or are we withholding parts of our life from God’s penetrating light? It is easy to say “I am giving God so much of my life, I can keep some for myself,” but God calls us to give Him all of it. He does not call us to give Him most of us, He calls us to give all of us like He gave Himself for us. Worship is a lifestyle, not solely a song. Worship is seeking to please God by coming before His throne, by following Him full-heartedly. Do we worship God or is our worship found elsewhere? Does something come before God in our life? Does our love or search for something come close to our love and search for God? Do we seek God with all of our life? It is what we are called to do. Nothing can be hidden from God. There can not be our own little corner of sin and hell in heaven and we cannot continue to seek that sin until we are in heaven without changing or doing our best to change. If we begin to refuse to desire to change from our sin, we are placing that sin between us and God, whether we want to admit to it or not. Do we truly worship God? 

Worship is a consuming lifestyle that must invade every aspect of our life. Live it out from the core of who you are. Worship is an essential concept and practice in the life of a Christian.

-Ryan

PS- This concludes our study through the New Testament. However, I plan on going back through it again soon to have fresh devotions. Now onto the Old testament and revisiting the gospels.