Perspective

Worship always puts things into perspective. God is so much grander and stronger than what we sometimes imagine him to be. Life is full of circumstances that tend to take our focus off of who God is, and it’s no wonder that happens because this world is cursed by sin. Sin is missing God’s mark; it is missing the whole point of why God created us. God put breath in our lungs to worship him and glorify him. When you are overwhelmed by life and overcome by sin, stop and take the time to worship God. Take time out of your busy day and read his life-giving Word; pray to the Almighty Creator who knew you in your mother’s womb; sing praises to the God who gave you breath and life and the choice to worship him. Worshipping God will put your life back into perspective.

Take a moment to sit quietly.

Now think about your life.

What is your life based on?

What obstacles have arisen and how has God helped you overcome them?

What victories have you been granted on account of God’s grace?

Count, if you can, all the joyous moments in which God has revealed some aspect of his character to you in a way that changed your whole perspective of him and of life?

Now, the purpose of these questions is to make you think about who God is to you. The Israelites faced a lot of obstacles while God was leading them through the wilderness and throughout their time in the Promised Land, and each time God did a mighty work among them he commanded them to make some sort of memorial to remember what he did (Joshua 4). Humans are frail and we forget things often. God desires that we remember what he has done in our lives. We cannot thank him for his love, mercy and grace if we don’t remember how he manifested those things to us. If you are struggling to think of something remember this: Jesus Christ, the King, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, stepped down from his throne and stepped into the body of a human being; he lived a sinless life teaching the multitudes about love; he submitted to the worst death a criminal could face, yet committed no crime; and then he did the unimaginable—he defeated death. Jesus Christ rose again to be victorious over the power of sin and death. Our God’s power reaches beyond the grave and beyond mortality. When our Savior rose that day he unsealed the fate that sin had placed on us and he offered us new life and a new fate. He sent his Holy Spirit to seal our new fate; now, we are forever children of God destined to live in eternity with him (2 Corinthians 1:21-22, Ephesians 1:13-14). That is probably the best thing God did for anyone, and it’s amazing because he offers that life to everyone.

God deserves our worship not only because he gave us life, but also because he is glorious and his character is in all creation. Pride is one of those things that rises up without warning then takes over swiftly and before you know it you have fallen on your face (Proverbs 16:18). The opposite of pride is humility and when you truly consider God’s glory and his awesome works then pride has a hard time surviving in your life. Take the stars for example; scientists estimate that there are 10²³ stars in the universe, that’s 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars. I don’t even know if that number has a name, it’s so big. Our sun is an average size star and still it is 1.3 million times the size of earth; the largest stars can be up to 10 times the size of the sun which would be 13 million times the size of earth. So, those beautiful twinkling lights in the night sky are not only quite numerous (almost beyond measurement), they are also huge! Our God knows each star by name and he created each and every one of those stars. If God cares about the stars don’t you think he cares about the intimate details of our lives? God is so glorious; his creation proves that, and he deserves our humble adoring praise.

We were created to worship God and he’s given us plenty of things to inspire our praise. When life is crazy and overwhelming take the time to really worship God, to offer all that you have: your time, your finances, your body and your very life; give God these things through faith and in worship knowing that his will is being done in your life when you give him everything (Romans 12:1-2). Worship puts things into perspective and gives you clarity for your next step.