These Hands Were Made To Praise You
Jeff Deyo

Most of my life I thought worship was something we did at church. It was the singing we
did just before the sermon. Honestly, it seemed to me like it was one of the most boring
and least important parts of the whole service—even though I loved music. All we did
was sing a song standing up, and then sing a song sitting down, always stanzas 1, 2
and 4. I didn’t understand much of the language of what I was singing, and it certainly
didn’t seem to be very much more than a camp ground sing-a-long.

The Bible tells me I should worship God in all his majesty, but I honestly had a confused
idea of what worship truly was. Surely, when God commanded us to worship him,
singing a couple of songs in church once or twice a week wasn’t all he had in mind. So,
I began searching for something more that I could give to God in worship.

If you are like me at all, I ask a lot of questions about life. I find myself wondering what
God was thinking about when He made us. I can’t help but wonder sometimes out of
everything what our number one purpose on earth is, and why God made things the
way He made them.

In Psalm 19 it says, “The heavens tell the glory of God. The skies display his marvelous
craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him
known. They speak without a sound or a word; their voice is silent in the skies; yet their
message has gone out to all the earth, and their words to all the world.”

Slowly but surely I began realizing that God made all of creation—including me—to
show his glory. The Bible makes it clear that the mountains and the oceans and all the
animals declare how awesome he is. Romans 1:20 says, “From the time the world was
created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made. They can clearly
see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no
excuse whatsoever for not knowing God.”

By its very existence, all of creation shouts aloud, telling us that God exists and how
incredibly wonderful he is! Amazingly, we have the same job as part of his creation—a
very special part.

Isaiah 43:7 says, “All who claim me as their God will come, for I have made them for my
glory. It was I who created them.” And Revelation 4:11 says, “For you created
everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created.”

I have come to the place in my life where I am embracing my greatest purpose—to
worship God with more than a song; with the song of my life – and to spend my life
showing off my God through one of the most important acts of worship – obedience. So
my song, “These Hands” is really my testimony. Everything on earth was created to
point to God‘s greatness, including me. With every step, every breath, every thought,
every word and every deed I praise him. What an awesome calling! And so I want to
do my best to reflect his glory in the greatest way possible. I want to give God my entire
life in worship – not just my hands, not just my heart, and not just my song – but
EVERYTHING!