God does not want worship
for Himself. God only wants us to worship Him
for our own benefit.
It does not
affect God if we choose not to worship Him. Baha’u’llah made it perfectly clear that God has no needs since God is self-sufficient, thus God cannot have a “need” to be worshiped.
“This is the changeless Faith of God, eternal in the past, eternal in the future. Let him that seeketh, attain it; and as to him that hath refused to seek it—verily, God is Self-Sufficient, above any need of His creatures.”
“Regard thou the one true God as One Who is apart from, and immeasurably exalted above, all created things. The whole universe reflecteth His glory, while
He is Himself independent of, and transcendeth His creatures.”
Gleanings, p. 166
God does not demand worship, God enjoins us to worship Him, and that is only for our own benefit, not for God’s benefit.
“Consider the mercy of God and His gifts.
He enjoineth upon you that which shall profit you, though He Himself can well dispense with all creatures.”
Gleanings, p. 140
“The one true God, exalted be His glory,
hath wished nothing for Himself. The allegiance of mankind profiteth Him not, neither doth its perversity harm Him. The Bird of the Realm of Utterance voiceth continually this call: “All things have I willed for thee, and thee, too, for thine own sake.”
Gleanings, p. 260
God
cares about humans so God
wants them
to know Him and worship Him, but God does not
need anyone to know Him and worship Him, because God is entirely self-sufficient so God does not have needs. Only humans have needs.
“Your Lord, the God of mercy, can well dispense with all creatures. Nothing whatever can either increase or diminish the things He doth possess.
” Gleanings, p. 148
God has the power to dispense with all of His creatures in one split second but He doesn’t do so because He loves them.