I was reminded this morning that worshipping God and spending time in prayer are gifts to us. Sure, the Father loves to be with His children, but we are the ones who benefit from worshipping God and being with Him. It is as if our gift of worship for God becomes a gift of love from Him to us.
We Benefit from Focusing on Jesus
As we honestly worship God, we are reminded how much we are loved. We praise the Father for sending Jesus and the Holy Spirit for our salvation and sanctification in Christ Jesus and experience His peace and joy. We are the ones strengthened as we worship God or stop and pray. We’re the ones who are blessed. We come into the presence of God to worship or pray, and we get the blessing. We think we are going to worship God, because He deserves the praise. Yet we are changed by the blessing of being in His presence.
It Only Takes a Minute
It makes me both sad and laugh when I think how I can resist going into the presence of God sometimes, how I can become too busy or occupied to get a blessing. I laugh because I too easily forgot what I had already learned. I laugh because I am not as smart and mature as I thought I was… sometimes.
I realized this morning that yesterday I was distracted and didn’t stop in the middle of something I was doing, and I gave in to the frustration. I was trying to pound something into place when I could have gone to Jesus and asked for help gently fixing it. Still learning the same lessons… till the day I die. I wish I wasn’t so forgetful sometimes.
Prayer
Lord God Almighty, I love You, and I hope to love You better. Please correct my vision when I focus on the world, my circumstances, and myself. Help me focus on You and truly worship You in Spirit and in truth. I want all of the benefits that I am promised through Christ Jesus. Holy Father, be glorified through me and all of us, Your children, as we learn to walk in step with Jesus and love others as You love us. Amen.