Who Are We Worshipping?

I recently took our students to a Christian concert with some of the biggest names in Christian music. I thoroughly enjoyed the concert and I felt that at times there were some very genuine moments of worship taking place. Then there were the other times when I realized something that I think I had been overlooking for years. We as Christians have gotten caught up in "fandemonium". I am pretty sure that I just made that word up so let me explain what I mean. What I observed was people falling all over themselves to try and get near these artists and just get to touch them. It was just like the old videos you see of the women going crazy over Elvis or the middle school girls going insane over Justin Beiber. It was really creepy to me and the only thing that coming to mind was the story of the woman who touched the hem of Jesus' robe so that she would be healed. So tried her hardest just to get close enough to touch him. Seeing the people reach out to these very ordinary men that play and sing really made me think about how we lift people up to a place so high we are bordering on people worship.

I saw my own students go crazy when one of the lead singers from certain band came into the crowd near where we were. They were like "Bubba he is right there, oh my goodness, he is right there, oh wow". My words to them were " he is only a man". Then I asked them if they even knew what his name was and of course they didn't, so they made that huge fuss over seeing someone they did not know. They were excited about this man coming into the crowd simply because everyone else lost their minds over him too. That is "fandemonium".

During those times that I believe genuine worship of the one true God took place it seemed as though all those people pumped about seeing the people were not really excited about meeting with the Lord. I think that we as believers need to be real careful about how we place people up on pedestals and seem to blindly follow these people (yes I am talking about more than just Christian bands). We need to make sure that our full devotion and worship is solely for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. People will always fail you and disappoint you, but God is the unmovable, unshakable, and sturdy foundation that we can depend on. He alone deserves our worship! So let's not get caught up in the fandemonium of lifting up people, but let us worship the Lord and him alone.