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???
(First paragraph modified
& expanded thought of Jack Hayford)
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