Everyone has a god. We all worship someone or something. Our hearts are prone to turning good things into god things. We create all sorts of idols that distract us from worshipping the Real God.
For many of us our default mode is the worship of SELF – we rebel against God’s rule over us and in doing so we make much of ourselves, heaping glory and honour upon the centre of the universe… me.
Another dominant god, obvious in a super-rich country, is the desire to worship STUFF – toys, gadgets, properties, cars, clothes, things and it’s really clear that many bow their knee to this god in their mad rush to accumulate more and more.
I don’t need to quote statistics on pornography or divulge the details of what is constantly going through the mind of a 16 year old boy to make the point that SEX is considered the ultimate god among many people – the desire for it, pursuit of it and preoccupation with it shows the object of our worship.
Two questions for you. First, if we all worship someone or something, who or what are you worshipping? Secondly, how do I know who the REAL God is???
Question 1 – I’ll leave it with you
Question 2 – Stay tuned for part 2
Post title taken from ‘Stay True’ Broadkast
being a guitar player, this struck me recently … I was spending hours each night on guitar forums obsesing over which delay pedal to buy – looking at people pictures of their pedal boards, umming and ahhing over what to buy. There’s a whole ’boutique is better’ thing with guitarists, only that boutique costs a lot more $$$.
I realised that what I was doing was pretty much worship … thinking about it all the time, obsessing about it, talking about it a lot, planning on spending a good chunk of money on what is essentially a toy.
So I’ve repented.
I don’t really need a delay pedal anyway – I rarely use the effect in the church band and I’m not the Edge.
thinking about it all the time, obsessing about it, talking about it a lot, planning on spending a good chunk of money on
good framework to think through what you might be worshipping.
if you had a rockstar guitar name – like ‘the edge’ – what would it be?
“if you had a rockstar guitar name – like ‘the edge’ – what would it be?”
I’ve never actually thought about that!
i’ve given you a day to think about it… any thoughts??
Dave
thanks for this series – I’ve linked to it at http://thatgreatcity.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/australian-idol-preaching-series/
I’m trying to pick some Australian idols we’re tempted to worship
no worries michael.
thanks for the link.
looking forward to hearing more about your series!