We were created to praise and worship God! 1 Peter 2:9-10 says: "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” Revelation 4:11 says: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” Isaiah 43:19-21 says: “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 20The wild animals will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, 21the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise.”

     The reason for us to praise and worship God is not because God has an ego – remember He is perfect, without waver, He is everything good, He is everything loving – we must praise the good because without it there would only be evil. Our spirits rejoice when we praise and worship God because we were created for that and that is what makes us complete, in fact, the more we praise God the more complete we become.

     Fact is, every person who has lived or is living or will live is a worshiper because we were created to worship. Some worship celebrities, some worship jobs, some worship status, some worship power, some worship money, and some worship education; but we all worship things in our life.

     Sin once kept us separate from God and we were unable to see and understand the truth, but since we have been saved from our sin through Christ – we can now see the truth and freely worship and praise God.

Worshipping and praising God is not contained in any formula or any specific act that we could engage in. Instead, worshipping and praising God is done through our spirit to His Spirit. It is a thought or an attitude we carry with us. For example, when your crossing over a bridge and you see a dolphin playing in the water – you praise God without even thinking about it and it fills you. That is the essence of worshipping and praising God. Whatever you see that is good – you know that it is God and your spirit soars with His. Can you imagine the good and the love we will feel when we all get to heaven?!?

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All glory and honor to God.  Peace and blessings, Tim.