I was planning on writing about Tithes and the effects of not giving. But then, I bumped into a question every Believers should ask, “Why worship?” I stopped. I asked myself, “What drives me to worship God?” I was lost for an answer.
I opened my Messenger and asked my friends from other worship teams and asked them this question too. I also checked the message Pastor Rommel Guevara gave from the last #UsapangWorship we attended. He mentioned that he literally almost gave up on leading the praise and worship for some time but said that he found an answer. He said, because “Jesus is WORTHY.” I tried looking for that part on YouTube pero there’s no copy of it sa YouTube. Then I saw the same message from LoveStruck 2019.
He spoke about Revelation chapter 4 and chapter 5. In his own words, “as for me, sapat na ang sinabi sa Revelation chapter 4 and Revelation chapter 5.” then he asked the crowd and said that for him, “simple lang… because HE IS WORTHY. Wag na nating pahabain ang usapan, HE IS, HE IS WORTHY. So pag tinagalog yun, in my language, DAPAT LANG.” It struck me. DAPAT LANG. Because JESUS IS WORTHY.
So I checked what is on Revelation 4 and Revelation 5:
The Throne Room of Heaven
4 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3 [a]And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white [b]robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, [c]thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the[d] seven Spirits of God.
6 Before the throne there [e]was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying:
“Holy,[f] holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come!”
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
11 “You are worthy, [g]O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they [h]exist and were created.”
The Lamb Takes the Scroll
5 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.
4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open [a]and read the scroll, or to look at it. 5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and [b]to loose its seven seals.”
6 And I looked, [c]and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
Worthy Is the Lamb
8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made [d]us kings[e] and priests to our God;
And [f]we shall reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and [g]ever!”
14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the [h]twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped [i]Him who lives forever and ever.
So that is what it is. Basically, Pastor Rommel Guevara is right. Simple lang. JESUS IS WORTHY. Kaya DAPAT LANG.
“So bakit ka maglilingkod kay Lord? Kay Jesus? DAPAT LANG. Bakit mo Sya mamahalin? DAPAT LANG. Bakit sobra-sobra ata offering mo? DAPAT LANG.”
So the answer to my own question, BECAUSE JESUS IS WORTHY. DAPAT LANG. It also doesn’t matter where you are, whatever job you have, we must always remember that we worship because JESUS IS WORTHY.
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