My name is Keith Chan and i dedicate this devotional blog to build a closer relationship with Jesus. My aim is to meditate on His word and to be more Christ-like. As i post in this blog, for public or personal eyes, i pray that the Lord will bring my heart closer to him and give me a new burning passion to worship Him.
The song included on this blog really expresses God's ever-growing love for me and cause me to worship Him. I strongly suggest listening to it!
Posted on
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
/ 12:46 AM.
God's five purpose for my life [ #1 ]
1. You bring God glory by getting to know and love him.
The first purpose of your life is called worship. It is your number one responsibility on earth. "Some people have missed the most important thing in life - they don't know God." You may know a lot about a lot of things, but if you don't know God personally, you're missing the first reason you were created.
Worship is far more than going to a church service. Worship is a lifestyle of enjoying God, loving Him, and giving ourselves to be used for his purposes. We worship God by enjoying him! C.S Lewis said, "In commanding us to glorify him, God is inviting us to enjoy him." God wants our worship to be motivated by love, thanksgiving, and delight, NOT DUTY. When you use your life for God's glory, everything you do can become an act of worship. The bible says, "Use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God."
Until you begin fulfilling your firs purpose, you won't be able to fulfill the other four.
Extracted from What on Earth am i here for? by Rick Warren
My reflection: • Our first purpose in life is to worship God.
- Lifestyle of enjoying God. To me, i think i should be giving praises to God for all the little things that i take for granted (e.g spiritual family, house, talents, etc), and i should trust in the Lord if things go awry. And i serve God using my talents.
• Worship is not just going to church, but enjoying and loving God and allow Him to use us for his purposes.
- On hindsight, i should have denied myself and served in the choir for God on the last service.
• To glorify God, it is to enjoy God. - Now i think about it, i have only been being a Sunday christian. What about my other days? Did i chuck God to the side and tackle my life alone? A bad habit that happens to me is that i skim through Psalms when i should be meditating on the message.
• Worship should be motivated by love and thanksgiving, not duty.
- Again, worship is not just singing songs and dancing for Jesus, but also allowing him to use us for His plan. I sing my best for God during service but i am self-conscious about jumping for Him. I should overcome that fear again!
• Everything can be an act of worship if you use your life for God's glory.
- Yea i wanna make God happy. He has done so much more for us. I should devote and surrender my life to God and all other aspects.
