RE: “Instead, He serves us.”

And yet the Bible says to us: “Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!” (Psalm 100:2 ESV)

The Bible also tells us that in the world to come, the redeemed of the Lord shall “serve him day and night in his temple.” (Rev. 7:14-15 ESV)

Such worshipful service is not about bringing God what He needs (Acts 17:25);
it is about bringing Him what He is worthy of receiving (1 Chron. 16:29).

It is not about trying to demonstrate the worth of the one who is worshipping,
which would manifest one’s own vanity and ignorance (Matt. 15:8);
it is about gratefully acclaiming the One who is worshipped,
who has gloriously manifested His own divine grace and truth (John 1:14).

When Jesus said that He “did not come to be served, but to serve” (Matthew 20:28), He was conveying that His purpose was not to aggrandize himself from people’s sacrifices, but to sacrifice Himself out of love. Yet Jesus is our Lord and Teacher (John 13:14), and although He did not come to acquire gifts, surely He was and is still pleased to receive them (Matt. 2:11, Luke 7:38).