Quote from Mark Driscoll "“Worship is living our life individually and corporately as continuous living sacrifices to the glory of a person or thing. This connection between glory and worship is clear in verses like Romans 11:36–12:1, which says, “To him be the glory forever. Amen. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” …First, we hold a person or thing in a place of glory. Second, we then worship that person or thing. Third, our worship of that person or thing we hold in glory is done by means of making sacrifices.
Glory means weightiness, importance, preeminence, priority, or that which is our greatest treasure, deepest longing, and fountain of hope. Functionally, what we hold in the place of glory is in effect our real god…Practically, worship is making sacrifices for what we are living to glorify."
Glory means weightiness, importance, preeminence, priority, or that which is our greatest treasure, deepest longing, and fountain of hope. Functionally, what we hold in the place of glory is in effect our real god…Practically, worship is making sacrifices for what we are living to glorify."
Most of us usually think of singing and people with their hands in the air when we hear the word worship. In Romans 1:25 it says “they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.” God is our Creator and our worship is to be directed to Him alone. But, as sinners we are prone to worship created things rather than our creator God and that is by definition idolatry. We most of the time don't acknowledge our idols in our own lives because we see them as things of comfort or pleasure. Idolatry and pride our the root of most sin in our lives. The key is for us to learn what our idols are and how to throw them out...
-Who/what is my Lord that rules over my life determining how I live?
-Who/what is my Judge I am living to earn the approval of?
-Deep down in your heart who/what do you love, cherish, treasure, long for the most?
-On earth, where do you run for your safety or comfort as your hiding place (e.g. the fridge,
alcohol, the television, a person, a place, a hobby)?
-What is your picture of hell in this life (e.g. being single, not having children, being poor, etc.)?
-Who or what do you use to save you from what you fear (e.g. a relationship, children, money, shopping, sex, etc.)?
It is so important that we take seriously idols in our life. We cannot be decieved and let the things of this world (phisical, emotional, and material crutches) be the center of importance for our everyday life and what makes us content. We must find our joy in Jesus Christ. That's where it all begins...
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