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What are the benefits when we worship, does
it really make much difference?
In fact, it has three-fold benefi ts.
Firstly, on us as believers, it moves
our focus from ourselves and the
circumstances around us unto God.
Our worship magni es who He is, what He
has done and what He will do. We need to
bless the Lord at all times and His praise
should continually be in our mouths (Ps 34).
It’s not just a matter of praising God when He
has answered our prayer; that is an immature
faith. Jesus told the disciples whilst in the
middle of a storm to be of good cheer, even
before He said, do not be afraid. Miracles
happen when there is praise and worship.
After Paul and Silas had just been beaten
severely and thrown into the depths of
prison, they began worshipping God. They
could’ve chosen to blame God. They were,
after all, jailed for doing the work of the Lord,
but no, they worshipped Him because they
loved Him. They weren’t trying to get
anything; they weren’t performing or leading
anyone else in worship; it was just to their
beautiful Saviour. Then a supernatural
earthquake happened and lives came to
Christ.
Secondly, our worship ministers to God.
We can serve God in many di erent ways
including our time, our money and with our
gifts, but we can also serve God and minister
to Him through our worship. The Bible even
tells us that the earth and creation worship
Him, all of Heaven worships Him day and
night, night and day there is continuous
singing and worship. Just as we worship Him
and rejoice in Him, He also rejoices in us…
what a wonderful thought! Zep 3 v 17 The
Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior
who saves. He will take great delight in you; in
his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will
rejoice over you with singing.”
Finally, our worship silences the voice of
the enemy. We know that he tries to steal,
kill and destroy; he is the accuser, but our
worship is a weapon against the enemy. The
enemy hates worship, his desire was to be
like God and ascend to the throne of God, but
no-one can take God’s place and our worship
to God is a constant reminder to him that
he was cast out of Heaven for his rebellion.
He hates it when we worship and glorify the
name of the Lord. Ps 8 v 1-2 O Lord, our Lord,
how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
hast thou ordained strength because of thine
enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
I trust that you have been blessed by the
worship each week, but please don’t wait for
us; worship God in your own home. We have
so many tools with YouTube, Spotify, CDs
and DVDs and even with none of these you
can still worship Him. It doesn’t matter how
great your voice is, or how well or even if you
play an instrument, it’s all about your heart,
your desire to glorify and worship the King of
Kings and Lord of Lords.