What’s In It For Me?
“You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord. “But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?’ “You have said, ‘What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the Lord of Heaven’s Armies that we are sorry for our sins? From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’”
Then those who feared the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened to what they said. In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him and always thought about the honor of his name. “They will be my people,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.” Malachi 3:13-18 NLT
I cannot tell you how many times I have heard the expression, “What’s in it for me?” I have heard parents ask their children to do something and the child will barter with them before they do what they have been asked to do.
Sometimes I feel that our nation has become a selfish society. Many have the attitude that unless it benefits them in some particular way they will not do ‘it’.
Unfortunately, this attitude has been brought into the church as well. Serving and Worshipping God has become more about the worshipper and not the One whom we are to Worship. Church attendance is not a priority in many Christian lives. Parents wonder why their grown children no longer attend church. Maybe those same parents need to think back to when their children were in their home. Did they, as parents, show their children that God is the number one priority in their home as well in their life? When a child’s ball game was scheduled at the same time as church did these parents choose worshipping God instead of going to the game? I believe that if enough Christian parents stand up for what is right there will not be ball games on Sunday mornings.
As Christians we should not go to church or serve the Lord only when it is convenient or we don’t have anything better to do. When we do we are saying, “What’s in it for me?” We should worship and serve our Lord because He is worthy of all praise, glory and service. For He is God!
God will remember those who have been faithful to Him; for those who are faithful will be called His very own special treasure.
So my questions for you today, “Why do you Worship God?” Do you have the attitude as some, “What’s in it for me?” or “I Worship and serve my risen Savior because He is God and worthy of all honor and praise.”?
I worship Him because He is worthy of honor and praise. Not only on Sundays, but daily 🙂
Thank you for the reminder that we should not look to “What’s in it for me?” but to honor Him because He is God.
I worship Him because He is my precious Saviour, and is so worthy of all praise.