Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.
Hebrews 13:15
ADORATION AND PRAISE
Our Heavenly Father is a God of infinite love and grace, He is not a strict or demanding God. He does not oblige us to have a relationship with Him, or have expectations of what our praise to him looks like. He does, however, want to get to know us. Isn’t it amazing how our God, the creator of our planet, wants a relationship with us? One way of developing our relationship with God is through our praise.
We all have different ways of praising God – maybe it’s reading and studying the Word, or singing worship songs, or perhaps its spending time on our knees in prayer. There is not a right or wrong way in which we praise God, and maybe you do a mixture of these during your time of worship. No matter how you worship God, it is important that we do it continually and to proclaim allegiance to God’s name.
Allegiance, according to the Cambridge English Dictionary, is defined as “loyalty and support for a ruler, country, group, or belief”. Proclaiming allegiance to God casts my mind to the first two commandments:
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.”
Obeying the commandments is a way of praising God, where we should continually do this to develop and strengthen our relationship with God.
Pray about how you worship and offer praises to God, that you do this continually and in allegiance to God.
Today's contributor: Julie Pavaday
