Creaturehood.

And- '…not feeling of our createdness but feeling of our "I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven." -- Whatever Happened to Worship? A.W. Tozer

Worship.

I've been studying a bit lately and one thing I've just barely started into was explaining the difference between 'createdness' and 'creaturehood'. 

They state the following- 'In the one case you have the fact of having been created; in the other, the status of the creature.'

And- '…not feeling of our createdness but feeling of our creaturehood, that is, the consciousness of the littleness of every creature in face of that which is above all creatures.'  (Excerpts from- The Idea of the Holy - An Inquiry Into the Non-Rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and Its Relation to the Rational By Rudolf Otto)

The feeling of our CREATUREHOOD.

Do you know that saying- 'The world doesn't revolve around you.'? Guess what? It's true. How can that be? You ask. You have to ask, don't you? I mean we are the center of our own existence. We can't help but exist to ourselves first and foremost and then decide what to do with our existence, that's on us too, making choices. However, if we choose to believe that we are not creatures with a living, very real Creator then that's on us. The power of choice is extremely powerful. We are constantly making choices in all we do. Even when we say we have no choice, we do have a choice. The world doesn't revolve around any of us in reality, and yet to us, we are living in our own sphere of the world. No other can occupy your place in existence. There was a time before you existed, the time you exist, and for others- not you- time you no longer exist as an awake, aware, sentient being. All thought ceases when you no longer are a living being. Your body is but a husk, a decaying husk at that point. As soon as your heart stops and your lungs stop, and your blood stills inside your veins, arteries, organs, things will begin to decay if not revived pretty quickly (unless you are frozen but that's iffy too).  If you are not ultimately revived to the point air is filling your lungs, and your heart is pumping blood through your body, then you begin the process of decay. Your body cools down losing all heat, your cells start to decompose. Even if you are embalmed you will still decay, only slower. Eventually, you will turn to nothing but dust. That husk has no more thoughts about its existence, none. You lived, then you died.  Back to the bit about the world revolving around you. In some sense, it does revolve around us, in the sense of our awareness of existing in the world.

Our Creator- the one who willed us to exist - because we most certainly did not will ourselves into existence- has been the Creator for ALL of us. Every single person that takes breath into their lungs has been given that breath by the Creator.  You scoff and quickly go on to explain it's all a physical, mechanical thing this breathing in air and has nothing to do with a Creator. You are allowed to believe that- remember you have the power of choice at your disposal.

We can choose to believe we are creatures that exist in a state of creaturehood, or we can choose to believe we are here, by magical means where nothing created something- which is completely and utterly ludicrous.

What does all this have to do with our worship? Remember the quote above?

"I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven." -- Whatever Happened to Worship? A.W. Tozer

Bored or turned off by worship. If you are bored with worship you may still recognize your creaturehood, but if you are turned off by worship you may not even recognize your creaturehood. When we recognize, fully recognize our creature status shouldn't we live in awe of our Creator?

That we have cognizant thought which allows us comprehension of our existence and the existence of the One who designed us and brought us to life, is so awe-inspiring that we should only marvel at this truth. Giving honor, giving glory, giving praise, worshiping and reverencing the power, the love, the existence of the One who honored us with existence, is the very least we must do. Life and not only life but eternal life is offered to us all, by our Creator.

Our Creator did NOT stop at giving us this temporary life, this temporary existence. Our Creator wants us to comprehend that each of us has been created with the possibility of a life that will never stop existing again. We will never enter the stasis of a long death sleep, our consciousness protected in this sleep by our Creator, not ever again. We are given time and opportunity to gain the eternal by sheer faith-hoping for the unseen, believing in the sacrifice of the only begotten Son of God, who as Creator as well, became a Redeemer from all the evil that exists in our world.

Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Col 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Col 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Col 1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Col 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

Col 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

Col 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Col 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven…

More on this tomorrow by the GRACE and WILL of our God! Now and Forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, our Creator!