“Worship is a time where we bring the gods we have made before the God who has made us.” - Gardner C. Taylor
When we gather with God’s people, we do not come to worship, we come already worshiping. Our lives are a never-ending fountain of praise, adoration, and devotion. Part of the reason we gather is to have our wrong-worship disrupted and to behold the Creator who is blessed forever (Rom 1:25). As we worship God we see that we have become like the gods we have made (Ps 115:8), that we have exchanged the truth for a lie and have worshiped created things rather than the Creator (Rom 1:25). We gather to be reminded:
‘…great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth!’ Psalm 96:4-9
God as we gather with Your people, may we be reminded that You are the only One worthy of our lives of worship. May we cast down the idols we have made, may You reveal the hidden objects of our worship and devotion, and in their place would You shine forth more glorious. In Christ’s name, amen.
At worship,
AB