The Purpose of Man: Designed to Worship

by A.W. Tozer

This worship of God was not something tacked on to a busy schedule. It became the one great passion of his life. Everything revolved around his personal worship of God.

God wants worshipers before He wants workers. He calls us back to that for which we were created—to worship the Lord God and to enjoy Him forever. And then out of our deep worship flows our work for Him. Our work is only acceptable to God if our worship is acceptable.

True worship that is pleasing to God creates within the human heart a spirit of expectation and insatiable longing.

We must understand that the Holy Spirit only descends on a heart engaged in worship.

Worship pleasing to God saturates our whole being. There is no worship pleasing to God until there is nothing in me displeasing to God.

Our reading here should not be a marathon, but a slow, deliberate soaking in of its message. Bible reading calendars are no help here. There are times when one verse or even a phrase will strangely draw us. It would be impossible to go on until that Scripture has done its work in our heart. Do not faint here. Allow that Scripture to marinate in your mind and heart as long as