What Results from Worship?

The Result of Worship: What happens?

First and foremost God is glorified.

We are also blessed. Psalm 95:7 says "we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand." That means we are under His authority and watchful, ongoing care. As we look to Him and rely on Him He produces fruit in our lives. God is glorified and we also receive a blessing from Him.

While we are to worship God as an end in and of itself, there are benefits we receive. Ps. 103:2 Bless the Lord O my soul and forget none of His benefits. What are the benefits God gives us?

We experience delight in God. Ps. 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. When we worship God there is a growing delight in God. Our vision of God is expanded and we see Him more as He truly is Is. 6 high and lifted up. Your relationship with Him deepens. The gospel changes us from the inside out and as we desire to worship Him and engage in the holy activity of ongoing worship.

We grow as we respond to God's greatness. 2 Pe. 3:18 become more like Christ your desire to give honor to God increases.

We are transformed when we exalt God and we get a glimpse of His awesome glory. We are shaped by it. You will look like what you worship! Like Isaiah 6.

We are strengthened to do God’s will. In God-honoring, Christ-centered worship built solidly on the truth of God's Word, God's people are prepared to do what He wants. Paul said in 1 Thess. 1:9 that they turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. When want to serve God, our will completely consumed His will, we will smash our idols in repentance and worship God alone.

We rest in Jesus. Ps. 95 shows the response of God to the response of mankind who rejects Him. He says those who rejected Him would not enter His rest. On the flip side, those who accept and acknowledge His rule will enter His rest. Hebrews 4:1-11 picks off where Psalm 95 leaves off. Those who worship enter God’s rest, the rest Hebrews speaks of, that Jesus purchased with His own blood at the cross, so we could rest from our works and rest in His. A large portion of worship, in the Bible and in our lives, has to do with re-telling and remembering. We need to be reminded. We learn by repetition. Remember Jesus Christ risen from the dead (2 Timothy 2:8).

True worship is always God-centered. God blesses us as a result but it is important to remember that worship is first and foremost a response from us to God that glorifies Him.

Soli Deo Gloria