Imagine that you are about to start a new society complete with municipalities, governing bodies, the whole works. One of your first jobs is to establish the laws- the rules and regulations which will regulate the relationships and interactions of the people living in your new world.
These laws will be the foundation of your community. They will cast your vision and be the fulcrum upon which your commonwealth will turn. They will establish both the patterns of acceptable and unacceptable behavior. One more thing: you only get to make ten laws.
How would you start? What do you think would be the most important things to establish?
The Ten Commandments which God gave His people were set into stone. I've never really thought about the implications of that, but it is a striking image. Here's what God deemed important: the first three commandments establish the fact that God and God alone is to be worshiped. Number one: No other gods go before Him. Number two: Idols are a no-no. Number three: Don't misuse His Name.
Think of it, the first three commandments are centered around the idea of worship.
Worship is not a passing fad. It's not something we do at the front of the service to give the late folks time enough to get seated before the message starts. God thought it was important enough to be the jumping off point in His directive to His people. We could even argue that the very purpose of our being- the very reason we exists is to worship God. And we will argue that point. Next time. For now, let's consider giving worship the weight that God does. Hit me back.
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