Over the past few days, 10,000 people gathered in a small little town called Newport, Rhode Island for the famous Newport Folk Festival. Why would people gather from all of the world to sing their hearts out, embrace strangers to their left and right and "let themselves go." The answer is simple, we (humans) were all created for this; that is, to worship!
Whether or not people realize it, they get passionate about things because in the depths of their soul, they long to worship...God that is. God created you and I to worship Him. But most of us Christians, if we are going to be honest don't worship God, we worship the stuff he gives. We engage in Idolatry when a good thing surpasses it's appropriate place in our lives and God takes second place.
I love music. I grew up listening to Punk Rock and playing in a Punk/Hardcore band. I can remember being fascinated with all types of Genres simply because music was a great way to express what you were feeling. And even to just play something and feel the emotion was a moving experience. Little did I know, It was worship.
When 10,000 people get together and sing their hearts out and forsake all other things on their summer agenda, they are engaging in worship. They are simply acting how God designed them to act; that is, as worshippers. God just desires that our attention/focus/worship would be directed toward Him.
Whether or not people realize it, they get passionate about things because in the depths of their soul, they long to worship...God that is. God created you and I to worship Him. But most of us Christians, if we are going to be honest don't worship God, we worship the stuff he gives. We engage in Idolatry when a good thing surpasses it's appropriate place in our lives and God takes second place.
I love music. I grew up listening to Punk Rock and playing in a Punk/Hardcore band. I can remember being fascinated with all types of Genres simply because music was a great way to express what you were feeling. And even to just play something and feel the emotion was a moving experience. Little did I know, It was worship.
When 10,000 people get together and sing their hearts out and forsake all other things on their summer agenda, they are engaging in worship. They are simply acting how God designed them to act; that is, as worshippers. God just desires that our attention/focus/worship would be directed toward Him.
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