What do You Worship?

What is worship? You can find many definitions that are very good. But simply put, worship is acclaiming something so worthy, with words and actions, that you’d give up anything for it. If I “worshipped” a tree, then nothing in this world could take me away from that tree, and nothing in this world would be greater to me than that tree. So I ask the question, to everyone and myself; what do you worship? What do you acclaim to be the most important thing in your life? What would you do anything for? What would you give up anything for? When someone looks at your life, what would they say you worship? What would they say you value above everything else in life? It is easy to tell what America worships. Just look around. What do people spend the most money on? What do people give up their time for? Football? Golf? Shopping? Or is it money? Do people spend most of their efforts in life trying to make one more dollar? We think, “No I only worship one thing, God. I’m not an idolater.” But are you? Am I? Is the most important thing in your life really knowing Christ and making Him known to others? Is the one thing that you look forward to above anything else, seeing Jesus Christ face to face one day? If it isn’t, then there must be something else more important. Church, I beg of you to ask yourself this question, “Do you treasure Christ above everything else in life?” When Christ calls us to follow Him he asks us to value Him above everything else in life. What do you worship?

“God let me not look upon anything in this life as more valuable than You. Let me live my life seeking to know You deeper, love You stronger, share You more, and treasure You above all.” -Amen

a quick thought...

The Apostle Paul prays this for the church in Colossae.

"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God."

This is my prayer for the members of our church and is my prayer for myself.