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READ: Psalm 18
Psalm 18: (NIV) "The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!"
As this new semester in college has started, I have dived into my new courses. One of these classes is a drama course, which I began today. While sitting in class, I was struck by the view of life presented by the professor. According to the author of our textbook, life is simply a great play, worth the living for the sake of the performance. The result of this view was the performance we watched part of after the lecture. An artist performed for two-hours, talking with little preparation, randomly vacuuming, and wearing a backwards-wedding dress. There were videos playing in the background, and at one point, she apparently changed from the dress into an apron on stage (luckily, the professor did not show us the nudity). This kind of art was perfectly justified because the purpose was to perform.
From a Christian perspective, our lives have but one meaning: to glorify God. It has been repeated so often, but worship should truly be the center of everything we do. God-centered worship seeps into every aspect of our lives, from the art we create, to the work we do, to the way we relate to others. Paul tells us to clothe ourselves with Christ in what we do (Romans 13:14). Christ cannot simply be worn as a costume on Sundays.
How does your life compare with the purpose that God has set before us? Paul goes so far as to compare our lives to living sacrifices (Romans 12:1). This is the extent to which our lives should be worshipful. While some see life as a play, a race for the top, a battle, or one great sinful orgy, we are called to make our lives into one great sacrifice to the Lord.
Faith Lesson: Worship defines how and why we live as Christians.
In Christ,
Bryan Peters
Submitted by Richard
READ: Psalm 18
Psalm 18: (NIV) "The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!"
As this new semester in college has started, I have dived into my new courses. One of these classes is a drama course, which I began today. While sitting in class, I was struck by the view of life presented by the professor. According to the author of our textbook, life is simply a great play, worth the living for the sake of the performance. The result of this view was the performance we watched part of after the lecture. An artist performed for two-hours, talking with little preparation, randomly vacuuming, and wearing a backwards-wedding dress. There were videos playing in the background, and at one point, she apparently changed from the dress into an apron on stage (luckily, the professor did not show us the nudity). This kind of art was perfectly justified because the purpose was to perform.
From a Christian perspective, our lives have but one meaning: to glorify God. It has been repeated so often, but worship should truly be the center of everything we do. God-centered worship seeps into every aspect of our lives, from the art we create, to the work we do, to the way we relate to others. Paul tells us to clothe ourselves with Christ in what we do (Romans 13:14). Christ cannot simply be worn as a costume on Sundays.
How does your life compare with the purpose that God has set before us? Paul goes so far as to compare our lives to living sacrifices (Romans 12:1). This is the extent to which our lives should be worshipful. While some see life as a play, a race for the top, a battle, or one great sinful orgy, we are called to make our lives into one great sacrifice to the Lord.
Faith Lesson: Worship defines how and why we live as Christians.
In Christ,
Bryan Peters
Submitted by Richard
