Which God are you worshiping? How do you prepare your heart for worship? What do you think about when you worship? Chapter 2, section 2 of the Westminster confession of faith tells us the nature of God… and the relationship the creator God has with his creatures. When I first read this I was struck by his greatness. God is alone all-sufficient. His glory is his own and is not dependent on any of his creatures. God alone is infinite, infallible, and independent… He is creator God, far above us, yet so intimately involved with his creation. He is most holy, he is the fountain of life in which all things come into being and which all things are sustained by him. All things that come to pass are because of his will.
As we read this section and the rest of Chapter 2 of WCF, be struck by the awesomeness of our God. Even as we continue to worship today through the preaching of the word, the singing of hymns, I want you to meditate on and remember the greatness of our God. As we read this together, let our only response to God be that of total worship, total service, and total obedience….
Rev. 4:11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created
Rev. 5:12–14. Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Chapter 2, Section 2 – God hath all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of himself; and is alone in and unto himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which he hath made, nor deriving any glory from them, but only manifesting his own glory in, by unto, and upon them. He is the alone fountain of all being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things; and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatsoever himself pleaseth. In his sight all things are open and manifest, his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature, so as nothing is to him contingent, or uncertain. He is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works, and in all his commands. To him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience he is pleased to require of them.
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