If we don’t worship You, we’ll search for substitutes
If we don’t worship You
we’ll search for substitutes
to fill the void in our soul
Worshiping other things
destroys our liberty
but as we praise You we are free
‘Cause we were created to worship Your name
We were created to bring You our praise
So we will worship
So we will praise
You are creator
for all our days
This is what we were made to do
So we lift up our praise to You…
Vicky Beeching - ‘Created’ 
It blows my mind to think that we were designed and created by God to worship Him. That is one of the primary destinies of the human race…to be God-worshippers. So when we stand together in sung worship, we aren’t just doing something we enjoy – we are fulfilling a huge part of our destiny as humans, and doing what we were created for.
When we look around in our culture, worship is everywhere. It’s pretty obvious that we were innately wired to be worshippers. Just look at the intense sports fan glued to the latest team game. Or the teenage girl with a wall full of Brad Pitt posters. Or the guy standing wide-eyed as he watches his favourite band rocking out on stage. We are worshippers. If we don’t go with God’s original plan (worshipping Him) we will always find substitutes. These will damage and destroy us, whereas worshipping God will bring us into the freedom and wholeness He intended us to have,
This song was inspired by seeing people worship so many things other than God, in the culture around us. It’s an exploration of the theology of worship; why we do it and what happens when we don’t. It’s a reminder that we are just dust shaped by God, that even our breath is a gift from Him, and when we breathe it back to Him in worship we are fulfilling our highest calling. - Vicky
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