A Moment Aside --- 19 October 2021
There are enough idols in the world – money, fame, titles, position, you name it – and very few of them involve what we call “worship” in a religious sense. Those idols all involve what we put first in our lives,
At its simplest, worship
is paying attention to God. When we gather to worship as we might on a Sunday
or a festival day, we pay attention to the Scripture’s message, the prayers,
and the Sacraments when they’re celebrated. Worship involves paying attention.
If our attention is given
over to riches, power, titles, position, or whatever, it could be considered
idolatry. Not that we shouldn’t pay attention to our work, our families, our
finances, our cooking (Don’t burn
anything!); we need to find a way to absorb those things, situations, or
people into our discipleship. It can be done.
I was told many years ago
that we pray by “wanting to.” If that is the case, then paying attention is the heart
of our prayer. Trust in God and God’s grace is the heart of the disciple’s life
and prayer and attention flows from that.
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