Do you ever wonder how God can put up with our feeble worship and fickle hearts?
Annie Dillard raises this question with her description of the humanness of our worship services.
“A high school stage play is more polished than this service we have been rehearsing since the year 1. In 2000 years, we have not worked out the kinks. We positively glorify them. Week after week we witness the same miracle: that God is so mighty He can stifle His own laughter. Week after week, we witness the same miracle: that God, for reasons unfathomable, refrains from blowing our dancing bear act to smithereens. Week after week, Christ washes the disciples’ dirty feet, handles their very toes, and repeats, ‘It is alright—believe it or not—to be people.’”
Yes, to be people, His people. People who are washed in the blood of Christ and focused on the promises of God! Man-centered worship will never impress God. Man-centered living will never keep us to the end. This message comes through not so loud, but quite clear in Hebrews 11:20-22. Three generations of patriarchs are described in these three short verses. Fallible, weak men who lived and died “by faith.” They are a real encouragement to keep at it!
Posted by tomglass at August 19, 2005 09:15 AM