LORD, Help Us To Worship YOU In SPIRIT And In TRUTH.

The one game most universally played!
(Adapted from A.W. Tozer)

Most church people play at religion,
as they play at their games!

Religion itself, is the one game 
most universally played.

The Church has its "fields" and "rules" and
its "equipment" for playing the game of religion.

It has its devotees, both laymen and

professionals, who support the game 

with their money and encourage

it with their presence--

but who are no different in life

or character from many who

take no interest in religion at all!

As an athlete uses a ball--

so do many of us use religious words.

We throw them swiftly across the field--

and learn to handle them with dexterity

and grace. We gain as our reward,

the applause of those who have

enjoyed the game.

In the secular games which people play,

there are no moral benefits. They simply

are a pleasant activity which changes nothing,

and settles nothing of any importance.

Sadly, it is much the same in the game of religion.

After the pleasant meeting, no one is basically

any different from what he had been before!

"How I wish one of you would shut the Temple 
doors so that these worthless sacrifices could 
not be offered! I am not pleased with you,"
 says the LORD Almighty, "and I will not 
accept your offerings!" Malachi 1:10

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