I was always told that what made Abraham in the Bible so interesting was that he was the first monotheist, the first to believe in one God. I’m not convinced he was the first to believe in one God, but the first to worship only one God.
I guess being a Christian, most days I only worship one God. But I do have to make a confession. I’ve been guilty of worshiping other gods, a lot of them. I just want to share a few…
7 gods I’ve worshiped:
#7. things and stuff
Every good American likes things and stuff. Its the American dream to grow up and make stuff so you can buy lots of things. And its not just things and stuff, its really big things and lots of stuff. I’ve even read that the poorest American has like 100 times the stuff as people in poorer nations. Being surrounded by all our stuff we fail to realize is the degree to which we are in love with our stuff…and our things.
As a Christian and I even tried spiritualize my love for things and stuff. I would say, “Well, Jesus wants me to be happy”, which really meant, “He wants me to have lots of stuff and nice things.” At least that’s what I learned from Christian TV and 12-step self-help books.
That was until I read a story about a guy who had so much stuff that he had to build bigger things to put his stuff in (Luke 12:16-21). He had more things and more stuff than he could ever need. In the end God ended up killing the guy because he was in love with his stuff…and his things.
I like to think I’ve learned my lesson, and I no longer worship things and stuff. But sometimes this god finds its way back into my life. And that’s just one of the gods I’ve worshiped.