Decisions and Worship

Worship. It's something all of us do. Whether we're consciously thinking of it or not.

Everyone worships something. We're made to worship. It's part of our nature. It's what we do. That doesn't mean that everyone is "religious" - we worship things have have nothing to do with supernatural powers. Even those who are religious worship other things.

We worship whatever we value most.

The easiest way to find out what we value the most is to examine our life. What motivates us to get up in the morning (besides the alarm clock)? Where do we spend our time, energy, money, etc? If we seriously look at our life, our choices won't lie.

Life is made up of choices.

Not particularly profound, unless you think about the consequences that has. Every choice we make is significant, because every choice indicates what we value. Okay, whether you have Trix or Lucky Charms for breakfast may not impact eternity, but you see my point. Whether we choose to have a positive or negative attitude about something. When we choose how much effort to put into something. When we choose our words.

How often do we stop and think before we speak? Probably not often enough.

There are countless passages in the Bible that describe the life of a wise and righteous person. And in most of those passages that I've encountered recently, one of the first things that is mentioned is that the person keeps a tight reign on his (or her) tongue.

That's a virtue that's become lost. We're much better at forming a great retort, a cutting remark, or repeating something we overheard in the elevator than we are at keeping quiet.

Just something to think about before speaking or making a decision.