To worship God means we admire, adore, esteem, exalt, venerate, honor, glorify, respect, reverence, pray, invoke, supplicate, sanctify, and extol God.
Why do we worship God? Is it so God will be pleased with us? Do we feel if we worship God he will be happy with us and give us favor? Not really, because God has already accepted us.
We worship because God is our Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer. We worship out of gratitude for who God is and what he has done. Worship acknowledges God’s greatness, his kingship in our lives, and our willingness to have him rule over us.
Here are just a few reasons to worship God.
- God is our Creator.
- God is our Redeemer.
- God loves us.
- God is with us.
- God will never leave or forsake us.
- God is good.
- God will deal with those who have done us wrong.
- God does not condemn us.
- God is for us.
- God will supply our needs.
- God understands us.
- God hears our prayers.
- God loves us enough not to give us everything we want.
- God answers our prayers.
- God is our Comforter.
- God extends His love and grace to us.
- God is our friend.
- Jesus paid the penalty for our sins.
- Jesus rose from the dead.
- Jesus is our Savior.
- God gave us the gift of salvation.
- God has a plan for us.
- God desires a relationship with us.
- God cares about us.
- God has only our best interests in mind.
With Thanksgiving approaching, meditating on these reasons to praise God becomes even more meaningful because thanking God is another way to praise him. Thanking God means we are appreciative and grateful for all the things listed above – and so much more!
Try this little experiment. Repeat the list above aloud but put the words “I’m thankful” in front of each phrase. To really make it personal replace words like “us, we, and our” with “me, my or I.”
It gives a whole new meaning to Thanksgiving Day!
