As the World Turns by Dan McDonald

They say that money "makes the world go around." Obviously, by this they mean that without money everything would come to a stand still. This, more than likely, is true because of our love and worship of the green "stuff." Well, maybe, just maybe if we could take our focus off mammon (worldly wealth, riches, and pleasures) and put it on the One who made the "world turn," our worship to God would take on a whole meaning. Hosea prophesied to Israel that they were only interested in worship that would entertain them and give them self-satisfaction. The focus was NOT on God. Wow! Sounds a lot like today's worship, huh?! It's a controversy over sound, instrumentation, specific song usage, or just personal choice. If we could make honoring God a higher priority than our own preferences, I believe our worship would not only be more meaningful to the One who created it, but also to our Christian community as a whole. Psalm 51:17 says that God will NOT reject sacrifices (of praise) from hearts full of humility and contrition. Instead of standing by and watching the world revolve around the unimportant things, let's guard our hearts and magnify the ALL important One...for without a genuine change of heart, our outward acts of worship are simply meaningless!