Have you ever noticed people at a college football game? When their team runs on the field they cheer. When their band plays, they clap and sing along. When their team scores a touchdown and wins the game, then all bets are off as to how excited the fans will be.
In fact, some people get so excited over their team that they can barely contain themselves on Saturdays while at the football stadium.
However, when you take these same people to church on Sunday, they barely speak to anyone, they won’t sing songs or hymns, they never clap along with the band, and when the pastor makes a particularly good point in his sermon, rather than say “Amen,” they yawn and look at their watches. Where is the excitement? Where is the praise? Where is the joy?
A little boy had attended church on Sunday morning with his parents for the first time in a while. That night he knelt to say his prayers before going to bed. The little fella prayed, “Dear Lord, I sure had a good time at church today. I sure wish you could have been there!”
Wow! No truer words have ever been spoken. When we were created by God, we were created to worship Him. The word worship is literally translated as “worth-ship.” We are to live our lives to prove God’s worth-ship, and that He alone is worthy of our praise. I’ve been thinking about why we give God so very little worship in our daily lives. [Read more…]