Question of the day? Week? Life?
Once again, Tam is inspiring a blog post. Stop it! Ha! Just kidding. I hope you are enjoying the slightly more prolific me that has taken over this week (who am I kidding… today!)
First – go read this post – then come back here and see where it got me.
Don’t worry, I’ll wait.
Take your time.
This window will stay open for you, patiently waiting for your return.
You back? Good. Let’s dig in.
The big question?
WHAT IS WORSHIP?
Yep. That is the question I have for all of us. What does the word make you think of? How does it affect (or effect) your life?
Why do I ask this? Because it needs to affect your life. I needs to be the cause of the effect of God on your life. It needs to be in the air that you breathe, the food that you eat. In the actions and reactions of your day.
Why?
Because the painful truth is that we all worship something every second of every minute of every day. Yep. We are creatures that were created to worship (notice I didn’t say “for worship” – we don’t deserve to be worshiped!)
What are you worshiping today?
- yourself
- your spouse
- your kids
- your job
- your car
- your computer/online life
- your wii/nintendo/x-box
- etc
- etc
- etc
The list of the things that we worship goes on and on and on and on. Truth is, we have idols, and lots of them. Just because they aren’t carved out of wood or stone and made to look like a little person or animal doesn’t make them any less of an idol. The idols we worship in place of God are the things to which we devote our time, energy and money.
And trust me when I tell you that I’m talking to myself as much as anyone else! My flesh considers itself a demi-god. Worthy of worship. As having a worth-ship, a high value. Others should sacrifice for me, right? For my wants and needs and desires!
NOT!
My kids… yep, they are little gods in their eyes too. Humanity is so full of itself! Look at any 2 year old, and you will see a creature that seeks to fulfill it’s own desires at (almost) every turn. As a mom, I can easily make them into idols too… catering to their wishes and sacrificing to them. Yes, I should sacrifice for them, but not to them.
So, back to our question. What is worship?
It is the act of sacrificing time, money, energy and desire for something that we have deemed valuable enough to be worth it. That’s one way of putting it. There are others too, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.
So, are you worshiping the right thing? The right Being?
Are you devoting your time, money, energy and desire to God, or creator? Or are you sacrificing those things that belong to Him in preference of something else?
Is He worthy of your life? After all, He gave His for you.
3 comments
guilty.
i would be lying if i said that i worship God alone and HE is the only object/One on the throne.
i hate that about me. i hate that i cant say that. but in that, too, the awareness of my objects of affection is what propels me to learn more about who He is and why is to be revered and worshiped.
great thoughts, girl! you really got me thinking…
my brain is hurting this week
Tam – equally guilty, I assure you! I think we all are – anyone who claimed otherwise would get an odd look to be sure! But awareness is often the first step to rectifying something like that, and if we realize (and admit to it) we can work on getting the balance weighted more on the correct side of things.
Thanks for stopping by!
Very guilty! “It is the act of sacrificing time, money, energy and desire for something that we have deemed valuable enough to be worth it. ” This hit me square in the eyes!! Thanks Great post!
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