Building a Practice of Worship

Genesis 12:8

From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

Our communion with Almighty God is maintained by our study of His Holy Word, our prayers and our worship.  Through our study of the Word, we find that Abraham was a forerunner in establishing a culture of worship.  At the end of each of his journey segments, Abraham built an altar for the Lord from which he worshiped.  He built the altars to set up and keep up the worship of God in his family.  He maintained the ceremonial part of religion, the offering of sacrifice and he nurtured the practice of seeking his God.  He preached concerning the name of the Lord.  He taught his family and neighbors the knowledge of the true God.

Abraham showed us that the practice of honoring God through worship is an ongoing need.  As he moved from station to station, at times unsettled in the midst of enemies, wherever he pitched his tent, he built an altar to worship Almighty God.

We can learn great lessons from Abraham by applying his worship principles to our own daily lives.  If we consider each day a journey, we should conclude each journey by finding a quiet place to worship God.  If our daily journey takes us away from our homes, let us not fail to take our worship practices along with us.  As Abraham did, let us establish a place of worship at the end of each journey no matter we are located.  Let us be separated from all of our daily activities and spend our time with Our Lord.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for placing a desire in our hearts to worship You.  We pray that You show us how to come to you each day to worship you in a manner that pleases you.  Strengthen us and guide us, Lord, so that we are able to find a quiet place and time each day.  We ask that the Holy Spirit help us separate our minds from all of the daily issues of the world so that we may focus on You alone.  We pray these things in the name of the author of our faith, Jesus Christ.