Worshiping God, Not Spiritual Experiences, Hebrews 1:5-9
Heb 1:5-9
5 For to which of the angels did [God] ever say, You are My Son, today I have begotten You [established You in an official Sonship relation, with kingly dignity]? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He will be to Me a Son? [2 Sam 7:14; Ps 2:7.]
6 Moreover, when He brings the firstborn Son again into the habitable world, He says, Let all the angels of God worship Him.
7 Referring to the angels He says, [God] Who makes His angels winds and His ministering servants flames of fire; [Ps 104:4.]
8 But as to the Son, He says to Him, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever (to the ages of the ages), and the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of absolute righteousness (of justice and straightforwardness).
9 You have loved righteousness [You have delighted in integrity, virtue, and uprightness in purpose, thought, and action] and You have hated lawlessness (injustice and iniquity). Therefore God, [even] Your God ( Godhead), has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy and gladness above and beyond Your companions. [Ps 45:6,7.] AMP
Richard Foster points out these items in "A Year With God", distributed by Renovare'.
“ As the Son of God, Jesus is vastly superior to the angels, indeed is worshiped by them. A salvo of scriptural quotations demonstrates that spiritual creatures and experience are subordinate to Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and cannot be substituted for Him. Making spiritual experience one’s primary objective is like being in love with marriage instead of one’s spouse. A good marriage results from loving and serving one’s spouse; a healthy spiritual life results from glorifying Christ. Being in love with spiritual experience is not the same as loving and serving Christ and can even eclipse Christ.
As we seek to practice the disciple of Worship, or indeed any discipline, we must always be aware of the danger of worshiping the discipline instead of Christ. Have you found yourself worshiping for worship’s sake rather than God’s? Ask God to help you keep your focus on God alone.”
My Comments for Today.
I am in love with God and love to worship and be in His presence, to soar on the wind of His Spirit. I have seldom known people who worship for the experience itself, but I do believe it is a good caution for us. This is especially for those of us who love God’s presence and much like Peter on the mount of Transfiguration would rather camp out in God’s presence than fight the good fight in day to day living.
May we worship Him for all that He is and does but most of all because He alone is God!
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