Does God need our love and worship?

[Orion]

I've been pondering this. My devotional stated that God didn't bring the Israelites out of captivity so that they would obtain a piece of land, but so they would be free to have a relationship with God and to worship him.

This sounds good, but it makes me wonder why God seems to "need" our love and worship. Since God really doesn't NEED anything from us, what is this call for "worship" and "a relationship" all about? Is it for our own sake?

For those who find it hard to see "bible study and prayer" as a meaningful relationship, sincererly so, . . . does God give them the measure of faith, even if it is very small, . . .again, not necessarily for HIS sake, but for our own? I am one who's mind doesn't translate "bible study and prayer" into a "personal relationship with God", . . . but I do these things the best I can. If I am to be true to my own self, not becoming deceptive to who I am, do you believe that God would be more interested in my ability to attempt to grasp this "relationship' rather than His desire to "be worshipped"? In other words, is God more interested in me than "just another human to worship Him"?

 

[Orion]

No thoughts on this?

 

[Ret]

I've been pondering this. My devotional stated that God didn't bring the Israelites out of captivity so that they would obtain a piece of land, but so they would be free to have a relationship with God and to worship him.

This sounds good, but it makes me wonder why God seems to "need" our love and worship. Since God really doesn't NEED anything from us, what is this call for "worship" and "a relationship" all about? Is it for our own sake?

God starts the creation on this earth by making Adam first human being. Then God says to Adam....

Gen 2:18
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone;
I will make him an help meet for him. KJV

As we continue the story throughout the scriptures, we see that God is not saving just Adam or just Adam and Eve...God is saving a whole, entire family. To understand God, is to enter into that relationship of 'family' and what it means to love others.

 

[Orion]

Okay, . . . .. .but does God NEED our love and worship? That's the question for this thread. Is God more interested in us or in another voice to give praise?

 

[Ret]

Okay, . . . .. .but does God NEED our love and worship? That's the question for this thread. Is God more interested in us or in another voice to give praise?

God's first and primary interest is in HIS SON...Jesus Christ. God NEEDS us humans only in the sense that we are part of the 'family' of Jesus Christ, who is the second Adam! The goal of the SON is to give eternal praise and worship to the Father and the family will join the Son in this goal! Apart from the Son, we know nothing about the Father, His needs or otherwise!

 

[Adullam]

God invites us into His fellowship in the light. The greatness of God cannot be ignored...hence we worship....this is an expression of our love for Him. If we fail to see the greatness of the Lord...then we have never seen nor known Him.

 

[Joe67]

Rom 8:19-21

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. KJV

The answer to the OP is yes and amen. The Word He sends out comes back to Him increased through the love of his offspring and their worship of him who first loved them. This is His life.

In Him we live and move and have our being. He gives us life and breath and all things (righteousness)and in the wondrous liberty of this we praise Him who has given unto us in Jesus our Lord a gift so wonderful that words cannot fully express it.

As our Father, He desires and needs our praise.

Joe

 

[Orion]

If he desires and NEEDS our praise, . . . is he incomplete without it?

 

[Kelli]

The following in as excerpt from the Bible study I am writing, because I like you, I had the same question.

Quoting myself,

In our last study we learned that complaining and murmuring, produces a lean spirit, what do you think makes a fat spirit? ___________________________________________________
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Praising God! Thanking Him, look back on all the wonderful things He has done for you. Where would you be without Him. I want to praise God so much, the angels need a crane to lift my fat spirit to heaven!

Why do you think God requires that we praise Him? ________________________________
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I am very embarrassed and in awe that God didn’t just strike me with lightening, but there was a time in my life that I thought God a tad bit narcissistic, requiring that we praise Him. I know that is horrible, after all He did and is doing for me, I was that selfish. I tried to stuff it, telling myself “what human King in History died for his people, they all require you lay down your life for themâ€Â, but God being as sweet as He is, knew this was a stumbling block for me, I couldn’t praise Him with my whole heart without Satan bringing that up.

Then God told me one day, out of the blue, the praise wasn’t for His benefit, He knows He is God, all powerful, it is for our benefit. It is positive affirmation, of His power. It increases our faith. It is positive thinking about God, for your benefit. God doesn’t need our praise, we need to praise Him!

John 11:41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."

God didn’t need Jesus to look up and thank Him, because He is God, but He said it for the benefit of the people standing around.

So how do we grow the spirit and shrink the flesh? How do you grow any living thing? There is no other thing that will make a living thing grow than food and water. What is the food or nourishment of the spirit? _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

 

[Orion]

I see what you're saying, Kelli. Thank you for responding to this thread. I agree that God doesn't NEED our worship. So, it IS more about US than God "needing worship". :yes