Who Do You Worship? And Why?

Have you worshipped God today?  This past Sunday we saw a great little sermon bumper called "Everyone Worships Something" 

 

 

 

It is so true that "We were made to worship" like the song says.  In trying to define worship, I suppose we could say that we will worship that to which we have given the greatest part of our lives.  But in reality we probably give a large part of our lives to a lot of different things in varying degrees and in different seasons of the year or in different seasons of our lives.  (Like, right now it's football season, and there is a lot of what looks like worship going on every Saturday in stadiums across the nation!)

 

But what if we said that the definition of true worship is your response to just that one thing that has captured your heart and permeates every part of your life to the point that you would be willing to die for?  What or Who do you worship?  By now you know the "correct" answer is Jesus.  But you really have to know what Jesus ever did for you that would cause you to respond to Him in worship!  I can give you many reasons why I worship Jesus and why you should worship Jesus too, but only you can realize all that the Savior has done for you... when you... realize all that the Savior has done for you!

 

When asked, "Who do you worship?", don't just give what you know to be the right answer. 

I am reminded of this joke that goes: 

A pastor was giving the children's message during church.   And on this particular Sunday, he was using squirrels for an object lesson on industry and preparation. He started out by saying, "I'm going to describe something, and I want you to raise your hand when you know what it is." The children nodded eagerly. 
"This thing lives in trees (pause) and eats nuts (pause)..." No hands went up. "And it is gray (pause) and has a long bushy tail (pause)..." The children were looking at each other, but still no hands raised. "And it jumps from branch to branch (pause) and chatters and flips its tail when it's excited (pause)..."
Finally one little boy tentatively raised his hand. The pastor breathed a sigh of relief and called on him. "Well," said the boy, "I *know* the answer must be Jesus ... but it sure sounds like a squirrel to me!"

Don't just say you worship Jesus because you know that's the right answer.  2 Corinthians 13:5 says, "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test?"  We can't be playing around anymore.  It's time to get serious about worship.  So, really, "Who Do You Worship?  And Why?"