In a tropical rain
forest a tribal chieftain bows before a crude figure fashioned from sticks and stones bound together by
jungle vines. In St. Louis the CEO of a
major corporation spends all day Sunday with a group of wealth power brokers,
conspiring how to drive stock prices up.
Somewhere in Asia in a fantastically ornate temple a young man burns
incense before a lavishly decorated Buddha.
At a gym in Denver a man moves from pose to pose, admiring the mirrors’
reflection of his years of grueling training and drug use. In the heartland of America, a small group of
locals meet in an unobtrusive building in a small Nebraska town to sing and
pray together. On the ninth tee a Miami golfer trashes his clubs in a fit of
golf-rage. A minister in Dayton slips silently into his study at 2:00
A.M. to Google the sensual desires of his heart. In New York a grossly
overweight lady spends her day with her best friend... junk food. A group of LA high school kids meet their
suppler in a parking lot before hitting the rave party circuit. A man in the suburbs of Detroit spends the
entire morning meticulously washing and waxing his foreign-made sports sedan,
while his teenage daughter spends hours in a poster-plastered room listening to
CDs by her favorite rock superstar. In Seattle
a lady spends three hours meticulously primping and grooming herself before
leaving for work. All of these people
are worshiping.
Man is a worshiper
by nature whether we acknowledge our worship, understand that we are worshiping,
or recognize the object of our worship as deity, we all worship something. The Apostle John called our idols Lust of the
Flesh... Physical Appetites, Lust of the Eyes... Material Appetites, and Pride
of Life... Emotional Appetites. The object of our worship may be money,
possessions, career , goals, ideals, hobbies, talents, education, power, position,
prominence, control, desires, pleasures, goodness, self-esteem, our body, sex,
drugs, food, other people, thrills, etc., - we all worship something: The
question is...
WHAT ARE YOU WORSHIPING???
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