Thursday, May 7, 2015

What is it about worship that is so powerful? Is it the music, the atmosphere, the energy, or the politics of it all? It seems like worship makes something powerful. What is being worshiped right now? Money. Sex. Substances. Fame. Freedom... Control. Control. Now, there is a powerful thing to worship. It creates, if not a substance then a presence. Control is the driving force of so many things in the current cultural development of North America. Substance control, political control, healthcare control, taxes, property, and even people are being controlled and manipulated. It's powerful and those who worship control are not only powerful people themselves, but are also enslaved to it. So by nature the very thing they worship controls them. God. The supreme being, the Creator, the myth, and deity. The worship of God is an anomaly amidst the various forms and arts of worship because the worship of God does not make one more powerful. He makes the worshipers more dependent on him, which is normally true about worship, but in return that dependence creates freedom from other bondages that enslave our typical man. It's unusual to observe something that grants independence from the rest of the natural world. What's more is that the more one worships God, the truth is, God does not become more powerful. He remains with or without his worshipers. Rather than control God offers self control. Rather than slavery God offers freedom. Rather than abuse God offers attentive care. The worship of God is powerful, because God is powerful.

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