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To Enjoy God is to Worship Him

Fully to enjoy is to glorify.  In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him. ~C.S. Lewis

When I first became a follower of Christ, I didn’t really know Him very well.  So when I heard that I was supposed to glorify Him, there was a little nagging feeling that He could be a tyrant in disguise just needing someone to tell Him how great He was.

As I began to get to know Jesus better, I saw how completely wrong I was.  The truth was the opposite of what I had thought.

We are created to worship God.

If we are not worshipping Him, we will find another someone or something to worship, because it is how we were created to live.  When we do this, life is pitifully out of sync, like pushing a cart with a square wheel through thick mud.  Whatever we choose to worship besides God is vastly inferior.

God is the Only One completely and wholly worthy of our worship.

God created us to worship Him because when we do, everything is in its proper place.  Little me, Big Him.

This order to life brings with it an incredible peace.  There are endless things about God to worship!  We could spend our lifetime learning about Him and still never get to the end of all He is.

You worship God when you thank Him for His creation.  When you sing praises to Him.   When you love someone who is not being lovable.  When you obey Him even though you don’t understand why.  When you trust Him enough to be in the moment, eye to eye and heart to heart with your children or aging parent, even as tasks clamor for your attention.  When you seek His face instead of trying to find answers on your own.  When you sit quietly and listen.  When you rest.  When you forgive them…again. When you choose to be content, you praise Him that, truly, He has set your boundary lines in pleasant places.  When you choose to be humble before the Almighty God who knows and sees all things.  When you fail, and get back up because you trust in His unfailing love for you.  When you forgive yourself…again.

If you are like I once was, you have a little sneaking suspicion that says, “Why would I want to sit around and worship God?”

To that, I say, just try it.  I dare you.

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Kirsten Nelson

Kirsten Nelson

Kirsten Nelson grew up in the Northeast and received her B.S. in regular and special education from the University of Delaware, where she was a field hockey and lacrosse student–athlete for 4 years. She then spent 7 years as a 6th grade regular and special education teacher in Georgia, during which time she earned her Masters degree from Brenau University in Middle Grades Education. After her first child was born, Kirsten stayed at home and began serving on a part-time basis as a team lead and Board Member of Creating New Legacies, a women’s mentoring ministry. Now, Kirsten is a full- time stay at home mom in Roswell, Georgia, who feels blessed to have the opportunity to raise and guide her two little girls and love her husband. She is a work- in- progress who is passionate about God and His Word, and thankful every day for His abundant grace!

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