Worship is your faithful and sacrificial response to the revelation of God of himself in Christ, and it pleases the Father. It all begins with God and what he reveals of himself to you, when he pleases. This pleases him when you trust him of what he reveals! This is worship, you trusting what God reveals.
Jesus lived his life this way, in a daily worship-walk of faith. He said in John 8:28-29 that he always did what pleased the Father, always. Every thought and activity was an offering of worship to the Father because his ear was exclusively tuned to the voice of the Father, the word of God.
The Apostle Paul said in Romans 8:5-8 that the mind that is set on the Spirit is a mind of life and peace. But the mind that is set on the flesh is a life and mind of death and is hostile to God for it does not submit to God's law, indeed it cannot and can never please the Father.
The daily choice belongs to you. Which direction will you choose to walk in, in Spirit and in Truth, or in the world, flesh, and devil? The choice is an informed choice based upon what is revealed, either by God, or by the world, flesh, devil. Make no mistake, the world, flesh, devil also reveals. The difference is that God reveals truth while the world, flesh, devil reveals lies. The lie appears to be right, but never is. Once revealed, you choose which you will set your mind on and study, or you will choose which one to reject. The mind can only "set" on one or the other, not both. To attempt to entertain both is to choose the world, flesh, devil.
When the Chinese began building the Great China Wall (around 200 BC) it was to protect their country from the invading hordes from the north. They built a wall which ended up being 13,000+ miles long, 20-30 feet wide, 30-50 feet high, and yet their enemies were still getting through. By chance they discovered the problem; the gatekeepers were being bribed!
The world, flesh, and devil are constantly attempting to bribe the gatekeeper of your life, your mind, with a lie. The only solution is to keep your mind set on the Spirit and the Truth, in other words, set on the Lord Jesus Christ in your heart and in God's word; on your knees and in the word! One of the best ways to do this is is to begin your day (for some this is late at night, for others early in the mornings) in God's word in prayer. Presenting yourself before God in his word, in prayer, feeds your mind the truth. This is the best guard against the lie, knowing the truth. Taking a verse from your daily worship-study with you (memory work) in order to meditate on it, fuels the worship engine of your heart throughout the day and keeps your mind-set on Christ. Everything you do will please the Father.
No matter what field God has called you to work in, whether it is school, home, business, medicine, law, construction, technology, or church, the mind-set on Christ in Spirit and Truth will produce the fruit that pleases the Father. And regardless of the field, the mind-set on world, flesh, devil will produce nothing but thorny weeds.
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