We Worship Something
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Tim Keller, and the scripture is the first commandment found in Exodus. The Ten Commandments were written for people that were already believers because they trusted God by sprinkling the blood of the lamb over their doorposts. God then passed over those home, the Egyptian firstborn sons were not so fortunate.
The problem with our heart is not our ordinary desire for bad things, but it is our over desire for good things. It comes from idolatry. Kill off the over desires in our heart which are caused by idolatry. Exodus 20, the first commandment says, I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have no other gods before me. Either you worship the true God, or you worship some other finite thing as a god.
Notice that the one thing that is not possible is to have no god. You are either going to worship God, or you are going to worship something as god. It is impossible for the human heart not to worship anything and not to have any god. Lots of people say, "I'm not religious, and I don't worship." That may be true in the formal sense, but basically there is no such person. Everybody lives for something that is the basis for your joy and ultimate value. Whatever that something is, spiritually, it is your life.
What is there in my life -- what relationship, what condition, what thing – that if I lost it would make me not want to live? Whatever that is, it is your life. You have put into its hands the power of life and death over you. It's your real Master and Savior and your real worship.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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