At the heart of God’s work, there is worship – ‘praising and giving thanks to the Lord.’ This is our first priority. We must not forget the Lord. We must remember that ‘He is good.’ We must remember that ‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’ Nothing can take the place of worship. This is where serving the Lord begins. It begins with worship. Without worship, we cannot serve the Lord. He must be at the centre of everything we do. This is what serving the Lord means – keeping Him at the centre of everything you do. We look for ‘more love’, ‘more power’, more of God’s blessing in our lives. We must give ourselves – more fully and more truly – to Him: ‘I will worship You with all of my heart… with all of my mind… with all of my strength’ (Songs of Fellowship, 392). The blessing will come down as the worship goes up!
