We all think of Worship as something we come to to get something. Worship is that 1 hour a week I can come and get refreshed for the rest of the week. If this is how you think about worship, than I want to tell you that worship weakly, and not weekly! Worship is not the refreshing hour that gives us our fuel for the week. Worship is not the hour we come and get from God. Worship id the time we gather together as the communal body of Christ to pay homage and respect to God. Worship is not about what I get, but about what I give. It is not about me getting refreshed, it is about me being in the presence of God and giving my respect, my awe, my love, my money, my time, my life to him.
In Genesis Abraham is willing to give up more than most of us would ever conceive of giving. Abraham was promised to have offspring that out numbered the stars, but had not had a child from his wife, the slave girl of his wife had produced for him a male offspring, but not from his wife, no one of his own origin. He was devastated. Well finally God gave him the promised child from Sarah. And then God tests Abraham, by asking Abraham to take his only son, Isaac up to a place God will show them and sacrifice Isaac as a burnt offering to God. This is found in Genesis 22. Abraham is willing to give his only son to worship God. What are you willing to give?
God asked Abraham to take his son and sacrifice him as a burnt offering, and once God saw that Abraham feared and loved the Lord and was willing to give up his most prized possession, God provided the sacrifice, so the beloved Isaac did not have to be the offering. God will provide, but are you willing to give?
Think about what your most prized possession is. Would you be willing to lay it on the altar and sacrifice it to God when he asks. That’s right, when he asks. Not if. God requires you to love him more than anything else. Are you willing to give up everything to worship God. What are you willing to give?
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