GOD IS SEEKING WORSHIPERS

Worship, simply put, is to ascribe or declare value to something. God created man with the capacity and need to worship, so, by design, man is a worshiper: Whether we acknowledge our worship, understand that we are worshiping, or recognize the object of our worship as deity, we all worship something. We are by “nature” worshipers: the focus our worship takes will reflect our nature, the desires of our heart.

Worship does not always follow a prescribed formula within a formalized setting, and the object of our affection may not be a deity in the strictest sense of the word, but we all worship something.  Worship takes on many forms: We may worship at the altar of Self, our bodies, or other people.  We may worship money, our jobs, possessions or power, or control. We may worship hobbies, sex, drugs, desires, or thrills. We may worship ideals, goals, education, intellect, or we may worship pleasure in its many illusions of form.  And some of us worship the God who created the heavens and the earth.  But we all worship something!

Our character is shaped by the things we worship. If we worship the things of the world we will become like the world, but if we worship God -- if we ascribe and declare His worth -- we will take on the very nature and attributes of Christ. People who worship money become greedy.  Those who worship power become ruthless.  Men who worship women become lustful.  People who worship themselves become vain and arrogant.  But those who worship the living God become Christ-like, being “transformed into His likeness with ever increasing glory.”

God is seeking worshipers, delighting in those people who release the praises of the Holy Spirit. You see, the act of worship deifies the object worshiped. And God, who is a jealous God, will play second fiddle to no one… to nothing! What we worship is extremely important, for worship determines what we will become, chooses what image we will be made into: We become like the “god” we worship! This is why God is seeking worshipers... He wants us to worship Him so we will become like Him...

AND… AS WE BEHOLD HIM... WE BECOME LIKE HIM...