Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
(Micah 6:7-8 NIV)
I have seen fans swooning at the feet of their rockstar idols. We can ask the question, is this what God wants when we worship him? Not my God – not by a long shot.
I like to look at this in the light of experience. I worked in the computer department for years and had what must be considered an ideal boss. For example, his computer knowledge far outstripped mine, and he kindly offered assistance whenever I asked for it. Though he was my superior, he obviously did not want or need a worshiper; he wanted and needed a coworker. The best way that I could "worship" my boss was simply to be a good and faithful coworker.
I like to think that God does not want or need us swooning and groveling before him in mindless worship; but rather he wants and needs congenial communicative coworkers for the numerous tasks that always abound before us. We are his practical and effective disciples/assistants, not mindless starstruck worshipers.
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