A lot can be discerned about the state of a person's heart by what they worship and what they put their energy in. Scripture says that their are two possibilities for humans to worship. Quite bluntly, we either worship creation or the Creator. Needless to say, the latter is always to be preferred; however, overcoming the former is a difficult but necessary part of accomplishing in accomplishing the task of putting the Creator first.
Faith deals with jus this thing. When we come to God in faith, we are consciously changing our focus of worship. Our previous, fleshly focus is transformed and sanctified by the blood of Christ Jesus and transfixed on the Holy Lord Almighty.
For this reason, a great potentially convicting daily practice for us to engage in is a "worship check". A simple moment of self-assessment and awareness is a great way for us to see where our hearts are at and in what way we may need to refocus.
Sin, in its most literal sense, is about missing the mark. The etymology of sin comes from archery. To sin is to aim and hit something other than what we should. So, when we focus on that which is not God and less-than God, we are in fact sinning. This is a harsh but true reality. And the road of destruction is a moving sidewalk that leads us astray a single step at a time. Let us then take care to keep ourselves worshiping God and not His creation!
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