Today, we begin a four-part message series entitled Come to Worship. We are going to take time in this advent season to focus on who Jesus is, what he did for us, and the power of the Virgin Birth. The title for the series is from , when the wise men came before King Herod.
Matthew 2:2 CSB
2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to worship him.”
Notice, they didn’t come to get something from God, but rather they came to offer worship to Jesus. I think, many times, Christianity has reversed this concept. Some times I think we act and think as if God exists for us, rather than we exist to glorify and worship God. We act as if we just pray the right prayer or act the right way, then God will give us whatever we want.
We treat God more like a genie than the sovereign ruler of the universe. If we just rub God the right way, he will appear and grant us our wishes. We treat God like a vending machine. If we put our money in, then we get what we want. If we do our devotions, if we pray, if we post something religious on social media, or if we do nice things for people, then God is going to answers all your prayers and make your life better.
The reality is that is not why God exists. God does not exist for us, rather, we exist for him. We are created to glorify God, to worship him, to make him known, and to bring him honor.
I want us to consider something important as a church. One of the things I think we can improve on is becoming true worshippers of God. We do many things very well here at FBC Laredo, but we can improve on being a 7-day a week worshippers, instead of just weekend worshippers. We need to realize worship isn’t something we do. A worshipper is who we are. We were made to worship.
In this series, we are going to look at the ways that we worship because the goal is for us to become passionate 7-day a week worshippers of God. Next week, we are going to talk about bringing our gifts. Then, we are going to talk about pouring out our hearts. Finally, we are going to talk about bowing our knees. Today, we are going to start with a subject that is a little uncomfortable for Baptists. We are going to talk about lifting up our hands before God in a heart of worship.

#LiftYourHands#PraiseHim#SamP

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