The Rationale and Consequences of True Worship

UV 1211/10,000 The Rationale and Consequences of True Worship
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 33 v 11

The Lord loves to hear the voice of joy and gladness uttering the words of praise and worship to Him. He loves to hear the voice of Jesus, His Son and the Bridegroom of blood and the voice of His bride, the church or the body of believers. We owe it to God and ourselves to bring Him a sacrifice of praise. Our bodies and lives are the ultimate house of the Lord. The altar is our own hearts and minds. He does not delight in sacrifices of animals or birds or possessions but He does delight in the sincere songs and words of adulation of His faithful people.

Only God is worthy of praise and worship. It is our privilege to worship Him not with fear and trembling but with freedom and rejoicing in our spirits. He is worthy of praise as He alone is absolutely good all the time. There is no one better than Him in all His attributes. Mankind is a mixture of good and evil. Each of us is a cocktail of positives and negatives. Jesus weaned us away from the inherent evil and made us blemishless by His own sacrifice. He made us by His grace good, acceptable and perfect in the eyes of God. God is merciful even though He is perfect and His mercy endures through whatever circumstance or action or omission on our part. Our response should be to continually offer joyfully and wholeheartedly our thanksgiving, praise and adoration all the time.

As we offer our bodies as a living sacrifice and raise our spirits in thanksgiving and praise, the Lord will remove the captivity of sin, curse and bondage from our lives. We will move from the land of the spiritually dead or insensitive to the land of the living. Hope, joy and cheerfulness will buoy us up on normal days and we will anchor ourselves in the Lord through life’ s great storms. His manifold grace and blessings will always accompany us. Our lives will be like a continual feast in fellowship with the Lord. We will enjoy abounding freedom and deep inner peace. The voice of joy and bubbling laughter will be heard in our homes.

Prateep V Philip