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TRUE WORSHIPPERS: WORSHIP ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3
Psalm 138:1-8
Psalm 56:10
“In God will I praise his word:
in the Lord will I praise his word.”
TRUE WORSHIPPERS:
WORSHIP ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD
To worship the Father in truth, we must also worship according to God’s Word. Then will He accept our worship. David worshipped God properly, saying, “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name” (Ps 138:2). We are to magnify God’s Word in our worship. Our worship must be Word-centred. Paul charged Timothy, “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine” with this warning, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” (2 Tim 4:2-4). Sadly, nowadays many “Christians” blindly follow “scholars” or “scholarly leaders” who criticise and cast doubt on God’s Word! They like to hear quotations from “great men” and interesting stories rather than God’s Word, which is able to transform their lives! How can we discern the true preaching of God’s Word? We should have the right attitude like the brethren in Berea, “they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11).
We worship the Father according to God’s Word and also in our singing and praising of God. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Col 3:16). “And be not conformed to this world” (Rom 12:2). Disappointingly, many churches are pleasing men and not God, trying to draw people through entertainment. But God is seeking true worshippers who will “worship the Father in spirit and in truth.”
THOUGHT: True worshippers must worship God according to God’s Word.
PRAYER: Father, may my worship be a Bible-centred worship always.