Ways to Worship
We have seen that being thankful in all things and all
circumstances is a way of worshiping and glorifying God; and is much more
beneficial for our growth as a child of God than prayer alone. We saw from an
excerpt from Christy Bower’s Book and experience, how taking deliberate steps
to cultivating a habit of becoming thankful to God not only healed him of his
chronic depression, but also changed his attitude towards God and experiencing
the fullness of God’s love like never before. Continuing to look into
worshiping and glorifying God – besides being thankful to Him in and for
everything, how else can we do so?
One of the initial teachings of the Lord Jesus to His
disciples, as recorded in the Sermon on the Mount, is: “Let your light so
shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in
heaven” (Matthew 5:16). This provides us another way to worship and glorify
God – through our works. When we let our lives be a living witness for God,
when through our deeds, attitude and behavior the people of the world are moved
to glorify God; we worship God. Through the Apostle Peter, the Holy Spirit
records another aspect to this worship: “having your conduct honorable among
the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your
good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation” (1
Peter 2:12); i.e. irrespective of the attitude and response from the people of
the world, we have to maintain an honorable conduct, our good works and because
of this our continual living witness despite adverse circumstances, those who
are critical and deprecating of us now will eventually glorify God.
We worship God and make even others glorify Him by letting
the light of our Christian Faith shine before the world instead of hiding or
suppressing it; by demonstrating our Faith through works that bring glory to
God.
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