Then We Worship
Then We Worship "Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God. Without knowledge of God there is no knowledge of self." John Calvin "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, - Give me a drink, - you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." John 4:10 (ESV) Worship requires two distinct elements of knowledge: the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves . Alone, neither is sufficient for worship. We can recognize the majesty and power of God only in comparing it to our own misery and poverty. In other words, imagine if it were possible for a human to have no true self-awareness, no knowledge of their own limited power or intelligence . Allowed to observe God or to sense God's work, the human would simply accept every observation as completely normal. The human, in fact, would be unable to place any value or worth upon God's work. It would be similar to bringing an inf