Everyone has an altar. It
can be visible or invisible, holy or profane, elaborate or ordinary, but it’s always there. It can be based on
ideologies, dreams or simple pleasures, but we can always find a foundation .
We have to. Everyone’s life needs to revolve around something.
Because everyone has
an altar, everyone brings offerings. Some
people offer their bodies to people and pleasure. Others offer their minds to areas of
study. Still others offer their emotions to a trend of the day or a
relationship of the month. We can offer finances to gods of materialism, and
exploitation, time to gods of
entertainment and apathy and talent to
gods of fame and fortune.
We have no shortage of gifts to bring to our altars. All
human beings are drawn to a cause even if the cause is themselves…In a
world of false altars, the only way God
can establish true praise in His people is to break down His rivals. His Word
calls that “Refining.” We call it pain.
-Chris Tiegreen
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