God is completely self-sufficient. He needs nothing from us. He isn’t checking His Facebook feed every 5 minutes hoping that we will “Like” his creation. So, why is it so important to worship Him?
God created us to worship Him. He deserves our worship. If we are His, we will be worshipping Him for all eternity. The old catechism tells us that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Worshipping God is our highest calling. As business owners, we are tempted to claim to be too busy to worship God, which is really just one aspect of worshipping our work.
In Romans 1, Paul writes of the “wrath of God” which “is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men.” What have men done to deserve this wrath and condemnation? Paul says “although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts” and “exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.”
When we fail to worship God, or worse, when we worship something in place of God, we don’t do any damage to God, but we hurt ourselves. At the very least, we miss out on the joy and we pull away from the One who loves us beyond measure. Infinitely worse, we earn God’s wrath.
If our desire is to bring glory to God through our businesses, it is literally impossible without worshipping Him!