Exodus 20:1-6, Deuteronomy 6:4-9 tell us to worship God and only God - in the 21st century doesn't that sounds harsh and narrow-minded? Why would God demand this? Here are several reasons...
1. We all worship something - the question is not "Will we worship?" The question really is "What do we worship?" People worship money, power, beauty, fame, and so much more! One of the problems with worshiping things other than God is that "We all have a God shaped hole" (Blaise Pascal) and if we try to fill that with anything else, we will always feel empty. More importantly when we worship other things, we offend the Almighty, Holy God who is really the only one worthy of our worship! 2. We become like what we worship! If you worship money, what do you become? If you worship power, what do you become? You get the idea. Ultimately, if we don’t worship God, we worship evil and we become...evil. But if we worship God who is good, kind, just, and loving then we can truly become all of those things as He changes and transforms us. 3. We serve what we worship! We can't help it - what we worship drives what we do with our time, money, and energy. Basically, if we don’t serve God, we are serving ourselves and we become selfish. 4. We connect with those who worship what we worship. You will gravitate toward people who worship what you do. That's just a fact! Look at the things you love - you love connecting with people who loves those things too. Nothing wrong with that but we must remember that if we don't worship God we won't want to connect with those who do worship him and we'll be drawn to those who worship other things. 5. We share what we worship! We are compelled to talk about what we worship! We can't help talking about the things that we love right? Your favorite sports team, your favorite band, your favorite place to eat - no matter what we love we tell others about with our words, what we wear, how we decorate our homes, etc. Truly worshiping God always results in telling others about Him.
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I'm a follower of Jesus, husband to my lovely wife Judy, father of Evangelina, Micah, Josiah, and Jeremiah, missionary to the northeast United States and advocate for all things youth ministry. WHAT I DO
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