Indeed, the desire to worship is often (apparently) itself a manifestation of this desire.
Worship is sometimes about boasting of membership of strongest gang, of wanting (for obvious reasons) to be on the winning side - eventually, if not now.
So powerful is this desire that it has led to grossly absurd contradictions:
As when people assert that their God is so totally powerful that it is above all human considerations and does not need anybody or anything else for any reason...
But why such a God would have the slightest need, or desire-for, or interest-in being-worshipped - it is utterly unclear...
This matter of what God wants depends on God's presumed nature; on what kind of a God it is... or what kind of a person.
For Christians in particular, it seems strange (except for centuries of propaganda and habit!) to suppose that a parent-God, whose children we are, would desire worship.
Especially given that any human being who wanted the world (indeed the universe!) to be organized around his own worship, would probably be a despicable monster.
And especially given that Jesus Christ did not (to put it mildly!) behave in that way, did not demand worship - at least not in the usually-accepted records of his life.
For me, once the matter had been raised to consciousness (by reading William Arkle) it became obvious that God does not want to be worshipped, and never has - although God is (like any loving parents) tolerant of the follies of his young children... at least when these follies are innocent or inevitable.
If not worship, then what? Well, ultimately (and to simplify), I suppose God wants much as many human beings (God's children) want - in those moments they are at their best and most thoughtful...
That is: God wants love, creativity in living (that is, each individual bringing some of his own uniqueness to creation); a life of strongly loving mutual relationships among family and friends; in a world without death and evil.
And for that to happen; God wants those Beings who want the same, to become immortal and Good (by resurrection) and dwell in Heaven.
And worship simply doesn't come into it.
