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The Greatest Treasure

Worship doesn’t begin with us. Worship begins and ends with God. And God is worthy of all praise, from all people, for all time.

God is the center of everything that exists. Above all the little gods of earth, He alone is the Creator. Sustainer. Originator. Life Giver. Beauty Maker.

That’s why every glimpse into God’s presence throughout the pages of His Word affirms that God dwells in endless praise.

Notice the angel host of Revelation, never ceasing to say, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come” (Revelation 4:8). Day and night they proclaim Him as central in all Creation. Without pause they are constantly affirming His infinite worth.

The same is true of the skies surrounding us. As the psalmist writes, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands” (Psalm 19:1). Why? Because that’s what the starry hosts were created to do—day after day they echo back to God and shout at the top of their lungs to anyone else who’s paying attention that He is huge. All-powerful. Glorious. Limitless. They are affirming that the One who imagined their shapes and sizes is beyond our wildest imagination.

And you know what’s really wild? This massive God, who has never known any shortage of worship, wants to be worshiped...by you. Right now.

It’s not that He needs any more worship to be worthy. No, God can’t be more worthy than He already is and always has been. It’s not that God needs our worship—but that He wants it. He wants it because He deserves it. And He commands it because to do so is the most loving thing He can possibly do.

God knows who He is. He knows what He’s worth. And He knows the best thing He can give us is Himself. So in calling us to prize Him above all else, God is both gaining the praise that is rightfully His alone and causing us to gain the greatest treasure we will ever know. God is not an egotist seeking more than He deserves from us. Rather, He is God, choosing, in worship, to reward us with Himself.

How does God’s call to worship Him reflect His love for us?

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