Restorative Hedonism

This week at Restoration we start a new series titled, "Falling Into Friendship." We will talk about the three environments we create as a church that help us connect with each other and God. This week we are talking about our worship environments.

I have been thinking all week about why God wants our worship. There are a lot of answers to that question but it strikes me that he seems to want our worship more for what it does for us than what it does for Him. This is consistent with the love and other-centeredness of God.

When we truly worship it has the potential to satisfy our souls like nothing else. John Piper, in his book Desiring God, goes into great detail describing how our chief end is to be Christian hedonists who find our deepest pleasure in God. You could consider worship the ultimate positive addiction.

My kids often ask me what the best part of my day is. More often than not, if I have connected with God in worship, I tell them that that was the best part of my day. I say this not because I am a pastor or that I feel it is the right thing to say or that it is even noble. I tell them this because it is true. I am happiest when I am worshiping Jesus. What or who else can satisfy our hearts like he can?