Made To Worship

As humans-specifically speaking about the body of Christ, we are all created differently. Well, duh. We have different spiritual gifts-different talents, and different interests and personalities. But there's one thing we all have in common.
We are made to worship..
Take a look at Psalms. It's the longest book of the Bible- and so much of it is devoted to singing praises to the Lord.  That is what we are called to do, because that's how we are made.
"So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them." ~Genesis 1:27

The whole reason for our creation was so that we could glorify the Lord. But since we are human, and since we've fallen, it's impossible for us to hold our heart focused on Christ in worship every single moment of every day.  There are countless distractions that withhold us from being in constant worship with our Father. That won't change as long as we're on earth, because it's earth-and earth sucks! But the cool thing is that we don't have to live on earth forever! When it's time to go home-like our REAL home- we get to worship the Lord all the time, and it will be SO GOOD! (okay..I kind of felt like I was just preaching at a funeral there...)

But here's the thing guys! I love singing, and I love music. Just recently I figured out that there's a way to thread choir, and music in general, into a way of worshiping the Lord! I know that personally, I just tend to feel so joyful whenever I'm listening to worship music-whether I 'feel' God or not. And I think that's because I'm doing what Abba, Father has created me to do! And in choir this year, if we sing spirituals-any scripture based song, that makes me even more excited-it means I'll be singing-but singing for HIM! After all, every good and perfect thing-whether it be a gift he gives us, or a talent or whatever, is given to us so we can glorify Him! Do I have a bad habit of taking those gifts and using them for myself instead of submitting them to Him? Absolutely. That kind of applies to Luke 9-to taking up my cross and following Him, if you think about it!  Taking up my cross doesn't necessarily mean to drop everything that has given me happiness. It means to take those things-like choir,  and use it to glorify Him! Does that mean that God is going to give me everything I selfishly desire-like success in choir, according to my standards? Absolutely NOT! God is God, and God is good, and he will do whatever He needs to do in order for me to grow in Him-whether that means I go through struggles or not!  That's the only reason why we are here, and when you think about it..To worship the Lord! it's so stinking cool, cuz it reminds me how dependent I am on Him for everything I do-right down to my last breath!

So guys, I challenge you to recognize your gifts, your talents-whatever they are, and thank God for them! But don't stop there! Use your gifts as a form of worship, because in the end that's all that matters!!!