Right now each one of us is worshiping. It doesn't matter if you're "religious" or not... we're all worshiping. So writes Harold Best, the author of Unceasing Worship (the link also includes the ability to download an excerpt). It's based upon that idea that God is constantly outpouring of himself, his goodness, love, justice, mercy etc... and thus man as Imago Dei (the image of God) reflects that outpouring back in worship.
A teacher at my school shared this concept today and elaborated to say that that if we have a problem with sin or habitual sin, the chances it is occurring when we are worshiping something other than God. It made a lot of sense to me - issues in my life, and areas that aren't quite right - when I look at what's behind them it's not always what I'm doing that's really wrong, but rather the focus (or the reason behind why I'm doing what I'm doing) that's off. I'm worshiping pride, self-sufficiency, lust, comfort... any number of things other than God. I'm worshiping creation or a facet of creation rather than the Creator. And we all do it all the time. Whatever we're worshiping outworks itself into visible aspects of our lives.
When we sin Best states the following:
When we sin, worship does not stop. It changes directions and reverts back to what it once was [after the fall], even if only for an instant. Repentance— the turning from and (re)turning to—is the only solution.
We are constantly worshiping. When we're watching TV we're worshiping .. something. When we're talking to friends we're worshiping... something. When we're working - worshiping. Shopping - worshiping. Singing - worshiping. Laughing - worshiping, exercising, loving, crying, painting, reading.. you get the idea. Sometimes we're worshiping God, sometimes we're not.
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