This morning I was reading Isaiah 1 when some thoughts jumped out at me. As I read Isaiah 1:11-14 the question formed in the back of my brain and moved forward, smacking me between the eyes. What does God really desire from us? Does He want us to routinely go through the motions of worship or would He rather sincere love and appreciation? Does God really need our worships songs? Does He need our recitation of "The Lord's Prayer"? For that matter, does He even need our tithes and offerings? No. What He really wants is us. He delights in those aforementioned acts only as they are a authentic response to who we are and our love for Him.
What God desires are worshippers who "worship in Spirit and truth" (John 4:23-24). What He wants is for all those Jesus-followers to "act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly" with Him (Micah 6:8). He desires for us to "seek justice, encourage the oppressed, defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow" (Isaiah 1:17).
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