The Purpose Driven Life

I receive an email Monday to Friday from The Purpose Driven Life and thought this was a great one! Just wanted to share :)

July 1, 2005 Praise Ye the Lord! By John Fischer

The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Westminister Catechism

Do you realize that if you stop right now and worship God — think about Him, marvel at His attributes, call His name holy, let your heart burst into song, lift your hands, dance… whatever you want — you will be fulfilling the prime reason for your existence? What could be better (or easier)? And on top of that, you have the assurance that your offering is joyfully received.

We were created to worship — to notice the song of the birds, to catch the shape of the clouds, to feel the penetrating heat of the day, to observe the twist of the lips that makes one smile different from another, to catch a drop of rain on the tongue, to hear a humming bird hum, to taste the sweetness of an orange and notice its color — these are far and away the most important observations we can make. And look at how accessible these are!

What we’re talking about here is living with an attitude of praise. Anyone can do it — rich or poor, new Christian or old, healthy or sick — we can all unclutter our lives by arranging everything around God and the celebration of why we are here. Nature is doing it unconsciously. Children do it most easily. We need a little instruction — a little prodding — only because we get distracted and we forget.

We can do it too. And even more so, because we have mind and heart and body, soul and spirit. We can hum our thanks to our creator with words and meaning, for we were made for this, and we are restless souls without it. Let everything that has breath (and even that which does not) praise the Lord! Praise ye the Lord!