Purpose of worship

The purpose of worship is to glorify, honor, praise and exalt God.  Our worship must show our adoration and loyalty to God for His grace in enabling us escape the bondage of sin, so we can have the salvation He so much wants to give us.  The nature of the worship God demands is the prostration of our souls before Him in humble and contrite submission.  James 4:6, 10 , "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.  Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up".  Our worship to God is a very humble and reverent action.
     
In John 4:23-24, "But the hour is coming, and now is, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.  God is Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth."  It doesn’t say we can worship God anyway we want, but we "must worship Him in spirit and in truth".  The word "must" makes it absolute.  The word "must", expresses "an obligation,  that must be done".  

God seeks true worshippers, and He identifies them as those who "worship Him in spirit and in truth".  Worshipping God in spirit means that it must be done from the heart.  Worshipping God in truth means that it must be done according as God has specified in the Bible.  Worshipping God in spirit and in truth is a serious matter which must not be taken lightly.  If we have any regard for our own souls, we will want to make sure we are worshipping God in spirit and in truth.
     
Since God is the object of our worship, He and He alone has the right to determine how we are to worship Him.  In Jeremiah 10:23, "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps."  We are not granted the option of directing our own ways in religion.  God is the One who we look to for guidance and direction in our lives.
     
Our very best in worship is due God and is prescribed by Him in the Bible.  The worship God has prescribed is the only way we can be pleasing to Him in this life and finally attain everlasting life with Him in eternity.  The Christian’s worship is of the greatest importance.