The Human's Highest Act

The words of Jesus on the cross are always a source of wonder and reflection. None more so than His words recorded only by Luke, “into Your hands, I commit My Spirit” (Luke 23:46). What significance do those words bear and what implications for modern believers do they suggest?

It seems that at the very lest they strike a blow at the pathetic attempt we give to the enterprise of worship. Worship in most Christian circles has become a self-serving activity, tailored to massage the fancy and preferences of the participants by musical arrangements, atmosphere creation, and motivational lingo. It seems however, that true worship and the highest human act is a giving back of what God has given to us. That is what Abraham did when he told his servants he and Isaac were going to worship when he knew that it meant sacrificing his son. It’s what David did when he insisted on purchasing the sacrifice from Arauhah rather than receiving for nothing that which he would offer to God, and it is what Jesus did when He yielded back to the Father the Spirit that had been given Him.

Let this become our aim in worship: to give back to God what He has so graciously given to us. This is our highest act, holding up to Him what He has made us and giving back to Him what He has given us!