Worship for the Believer
Genesis 24:12–14
12 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good
speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. 13 Behold,
I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the
city come out to draw water: 14 And let it come to pass, that
the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may
drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let
the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and
thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Genesis 24:17–21
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said,
Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And
she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her
hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when she had done giving him
drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have
done drinking. 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into
the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all
his camels. 21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to
wit whether the Lord had made his
journey prosperous or not.
Genesis 24:24–27
24 And she said unto him, I am the
daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 25 She
said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to
lodge in. 26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped
the Lord. 27 And
he said, Blessed be the Lord
God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy
and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord
led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
In this passage, the mission-driven servant prays for the
success of his mission with specific requests that only God can provide. For his mission to be successful, he must
find the wife for his master’s son and must have a woman of his master’s
family. When the prayer is answered, so
he is certain he has found the God chosen woman, he bows his head and worships
God for the success of his mission.
Often, a precursor to sincere worship is the experience of
God’s direct intervention giving success to a crucial mission engaged for
God. The believer who is constantly and
consistently allowing God to use his willing obedience will find these
opportunities to see God work in the success of his work. These God-intervention experiences lead to
worship from a grateful, eager heart without the pseudo-experiences of worship.
The best individual or corporate worship in a church’s
worship experience is worship from hearts grateful and eager to praise God for
his intervention in the success of their obedience. The church willing to be obedient and extend their
risk of failure for such obedience to God is often able to experience such
divine intervention. The worship will
naturally happen increasing the desire for more obedience, divine intervention,
and worship. All adherences to the
trappings of worship can never replace this divinely inspired worship.
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