Date: November 8, 2012 11:35 PM
Topic: +DEV+  A Worshiping Heart

A Worshiping Heart

"The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.'"  (Psalm 14:1)
Scripture Focus: Deuteronomy 5:6-11

In 2005, essayist David F. Wallace told the college students he addressed at their commencement, "There is no such thing as atheism. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life - then you will never have enough."

There is nothing wrong with having money or the things money can buy. The Bible warns us that it is our attitude about money that matters. Timothy explains "the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils" (1 Timothy 6:10). Jesus said that a person can have only one master: God or money (Matthew 6:24).

Why doesn't our culturally-sanctioned race to accumulate more and more wealth satisfy us? It is because God created our hearts to be genuinely happy only when they are full of Him. Stuffing them full of other things leaves no room for our true Satisfaction. God calls us to empty everything from our hearts, install Him as Lord there, and then worship Him only. Anything less is idolatry.

Insight: Jesus Calls Us From The Worship; Of The Vain World's Golden Store; From Each Idol That Would Keep Us; Saying, 'Christian Love Me More.' (Cecil Frances Alexander, 1852)