We Become What We Worship

There's a little book written by Louie Giglio on worship. It's entitled The Air I Breathe. The book talks about worship in practical, everyday terms.

In today's blog entry, I want to quote a portion that tells us why it is so vital that we worship in the right way.



Be Careful What You Choose

There's one more reason worship should really matter to you--whatever you worship, you become.

You can worship whatever you want, but there'll always be a last twist to the story: Whatever you worship, you imitate; whatever you imitate, you become.

In other words, whatever you value most will ultimately detemine who you are.

If you worship money, you'll become greedy at the core of your heart.

If you worship some sinful habit, that same sin will grip your soul and poison your character to death.

If you worship stuff, your life will become material, void of eternal significance.

If you give all your praise to the god of you, you'll become a disappointing little god both to yourself and to all those who trust in you.

Listen to the psalm writer:
"Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name be glory, because of your love and faithfulness."

Then comes this observation: "Our God is in heaven, he does whatever pleases him."

Then, by contrast, he supplies this expose of the idols men make and choose:

But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but they cannot see;
they have ears, but cannot hear,
noses, but they cannot smell;
they have hands, but cannot feel,
feet, but they cannot walk;
nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

Not too high of a score for man-made gods. But here's the clincher:

Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

Simply put: We become what we worship.

If you don't like who you're becoming, take a quick inventory of the things on the throne of your heart.



An excerpt from the book The Air I Breathe by Louie Giglio
original edition published by Multnomah Books, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921 USA
Philippine edition published by Acts 29 Publishing, Sucat 1700 Paranaque City