Worship vs Idolatry

• Whatever you value more than God is idolatry.  When more worth  is placed on the means than on the End, then that means becomes an idol. Any other worship than God is idolatry.
• God detests idolatry.

Psalm 78:58-59

They angered him with their high places; they aroused their jealousy with their idols.

Isaiah 44:9

All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless.

• Worship is determined by worth. You can never worship what is not of worth to you.
• The source is more important than the resource.
• You cannot worship beyond your knowledge. You cannot worship beyond what you know.
• God takes me through experiences to introduce Himself to me, to give me more material, to give Him more worth. The bigger the situation God brings me through, the bigger the value I put on Him. 
• Worship has to be an encounter. You cannot call God Deliverer if you never needed deliverance.
• The problem with worshipers is that they forget the benefits of the Lord.

Psalm 103:1-5

Praise the Lord, o my soul; all my inmost being, praise His Holy Name.

Praise the Lord, o my soul; and forget not all His benefits - 

Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

Who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Deuteronomy 8:10-18

When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land He has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe His commands, His laws and His decrees that I am giving you this day. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and water-less land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms His covenant, which He swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

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Stewardship

Luke 12:42-47 - NKJV
And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, who his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their  portion of food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when He comes. Truly, I say to you that He will make him ruler over all that He has. But if that servant says in his heart, "My master is delaying his coming," and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for Him, and at an hour he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Here..., Jesus focuses specifically on the responsibility of the steward - the one given authority over the household while the Master is away. His theme is preparation and faithful continuance of duty. He tasks the steward with giving the household "food in due season."

If the steward does not properly watch, however, the human proclivity is to let down; and abuse. The steward in Luke 12:45 is focused on the Master's return - or lack thereof - rather than on his own alertness and attention to his duties. As a result, he falls into excesses of eating and drinking (rather than providing food for the household). He ends up beating those he was supposed to watch over, as if he thought they belonged to him. Clearly, those who have stewardship responsibilities...have in an added weight to "take heed to themselves" lest they neglect or even damage those for whom they are supposed to be providing food.

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