Why Do We Worship God?

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

October 22, 2025

Why Do We Worship God?

 I give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart;

I will sing your praises before the gods.

I bow before your holy Temple as I worship.

I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness;

for your promises are backed

by all the honor of your name.

Psalm 138:1-2

Psalm 138 addresses the question, why do we worship God? by focusing on two virtues of God: His Word and the fulfillment of His purpose.

Every church has an underlying theme that permeates their public worship services. For some churches, the theme centers on the act of worship, whether joyful and full of energy, or thoughtful and steeped in the traditions and harmonies of ages past. Others may focus on summoning the Army of the Lord to overcome the evils of society through ministries of peace and justice, while others will seek to rightly divide the Word of God through preaching and teaching the Bible. 

Many in the congregations specifically chose their church because of the attraction of the theme, while many others may gather out of habit, and may not be consciously aware of the worship theme. Psalm 138 can serve as an invitation to examine our heart. How do we understand our experience of God? How does our understanding of God’s nature lead us in worship? If you feel uncertain in answering these questions, I encourage you to turn to the magnificent 40^th chapter of Isaiah. Read the chapter aloud, purposefully. I am convinced your heart will resonate in awe of God, our Savior.

A voice cries out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms,

Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name;

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40: 3,8,11,26,28,31 (NRSV)

My Takeaway: You may recall, one of my life verses is from Hebrews 12: 28, “. . . worship with reverence and awe,” so it is not surprising as I read these verses from Isaiah 40 aloud, and purposefully, my heart resonated in awe of God, our Savior.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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