A very significant illustration of worship is given in Matt 2:11. There is something remarkable that is worthy of noting. It states that, 'then they opened their treasures and presented him gifts...'. This immediately proceeded their act of bowing down to worship him (baby Jesus). What do we learn here? Whenever we come before our king to worship, we should 'open our treasures'. The bible saids 'where a man's treasure is, there his heart will be'. This means that, when we treasure to worship our father, we will automatically show a genuine heart of worship.
When we are intoxicated with the spirit of worship our heart will be in total surrender and submission, that is when we can talk about presenting our gifts to God. It will be a bit difficult if not impossible for a proud person to bow down and even to talk about worship. We should therefore be humble and in abject submission present our gifts in worship.
Worship is not just for anybody but purposely for divine persons. In Matthew 2:1-2, when the wise men came from the east of Jerusalem, they inquired of Herod the king saying 'where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him'. These men knew the reason for which they had journeyed that far, and were specific on their mission. They had come to worship the new born king and none other. They did not come to bow to the King Herod, because he was not their God.
Worship is truly reserved only for divinity. References: (Rev. 19:10, 22:8-9. Luke 2:13-14). Do not worship any other god or any man neither should you worship any material thing, for none of these is worthy. Our God is the only one worthy of worship. He is still seeking for those who will obey him and worship him in spirit and in truth.
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