A L L - A B O U T - W O R S H I P

Hi! :D I was busy for the past few weeks so today I'll make up for being not able to blog. (And because of being unactive here, I decided to post a blog in PURE ENGLISH! :P) This is one of my daily devotions, and it's about worship. So, let's start. Let's first define worship. :)

According to Wikipedia:

Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity(god/God). The word is derived from the Old English worthscipe, meaning worthiness or worth-ship — to give, at its simplest, worth to something.

A practical definition of worship from worship.com:

Worship: Everything you think, everything you say, and everything you do, revealing that which you treasure and value most in life.

When I was young, or at least a young Christian, I thought that worship is when we sing songs for God, praise Him through dancing, performing special numbers, and everything we do in church. But as I mature as a Christian, worship became clear to me; whatever we do, think, say - everything can be a form of worship. WE ARE CREATED TO WORSHIP. But, as we look up on the definition given by wikipedia, worship is directed towards a deity - something/someone we give most importance, value, priority, time, finances, energy - in our lives.

Now the question is, who/what do we worship? This is the crucial part of our worship: the object of worship in our lives. We already know that the focus of our worship should be God. But do we know what happens when we don't worship God? The truth is if we are not worshipping God, we are automatically worshipping other gods, because WE ARE CREATED TO WORSHIP.

These are only some of the gods we should be aware we could be worshipping instead of God:

1. Money

               Many fall in worshipping this god. We must remember that money is not an evil thing, but the love of money is the root of evil (I Tim.6:10). We should always be at watch and check ourselves of our priorities, and always be reminded that God is our Great Provider, so that we would not be money-worshipping slaves.

2. Ourself

              Yes, you can treat yourself as a god. You can spend all your time, energy, resources for yourself, and this is where you become a god out of yourself. In order for us to worship God, we must learn to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Jesus (Luke 9:23).

3. People around us

              Loved ones, a special someone, friends, family - all of them can be one of our gods. Again, if we prioritize and give importance or value to people around us more than we give to God, they can be gods to us. This is why the most important commandment is this: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, strength, and loving your neighbors as ourselves is only the second great commandment (Mark 12:29-31).

For my conclusion:

I Kings 18:21

Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you try to have things both ways? If the Lord is God, worship him! But if Baal is God, worship him!” The people did not say a word.

Are you one of the people who did not say a word? Are you one of those who could not answer who/what is the most important in your life? 

The people did not say a word, but YOU will. Who do you worship?