WORSHIP GOD

Musick-al Note # 259
God is greater in power and in understanding than we are. He made us; therefore He knows what we need and what is best for us. He desires that we worship Him and has set forth regulations which are to help us in ordering our worship to Him. God has given acceptable ways or avenues through which we can worship Him and know that our worship will be received by the Lord God. We are to sing (Ephesians 5:19). We are to pray (John 15:7). We are to partake of the Lord’s Supper to commune with Him (1 Corinthians 11:25-29). We are to give (1 Corinthians 1:1-2). We are to study and grow in knowledge of His Word (2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Peter 3:21).
God thought it best for His people to gather together regularly and often for worship. This is not to say that God cannot be worshipped in the privacy of the home or while one is engaged in regular pursuits of the day, but it is to suggest a deep-felt need of man for assembling with others at times so their hearts may be joined mutually in praise of the God of heaven who controls our breath. Meeting together for worship also strengthens us in Christ.
We may lack perfection in our worship and still be acceptable to God, BUT our efforts to praise Him must not be without sincerity. We may go through a form of worship and satisfy ourselves. Our regularity at services may impress our neighbors BUT unless our actions are a sincere response to God from an honest heart it will profit us nothing. We DO NOT have nearly enough opportunities for public worship. It is necessary that we really use what we have to our advantage. Each service would be beneficial to you. Prepare our heart so you can derive the very most good from it. It is an insult to God to comfortably sleep or otherwise misbehave when we have come to worship God.
Gordon Musick