Bow Down!

 Here we go. Another song inspired post. This one is a song by the band Disciple. The name of their song is 'Bow Down'. In the song, they sing about idols being set before them, to bow down to. Promising them this and that. Take you to the highest mountain, promise you a crown. From every direction there is a new voice shouting that they are the way, the truth and the life. Hogwash.

They (I, we) will never bow down to any other God than Jesus! He is The Way, The Truth and The Life. There is no other God but Jesus.

Isaiah 46:9 New Living Translation

9 Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me.

This song reminded me of the story in The Bible about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The King had set up a gold statue and ordered everyone to bow down to it. They refused.

Daniel 3:10-12 New Living Translation

10 You issued a decree requiring all the people to bow down and worship the gold statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments. 11 That decree also states that those who refuse to obey must be thrown into a blazing furnace. 12 But there are some Jews—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—whom you have put in charge of the province of Babylon. They pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They refuse to serve your gods and do not worship the gold statue you have set up.

You can read the rest of that chapter to find out how that turns out.

I started thinking about what I may be bowing down to without even thinking about it. I would like to think that I am not, but I am not perfect by any means.

Do I bow down to money? Of course I wish I had more. Who doesn't? But I don't serve money. I work a job to make a living and pay my bills. If I have .25 left after I'm done, then God gave me .25 more than I needed.

Do I bow down to greed? If you know me, this isn't the case. If it wasn't for my wife keeping me in check, I would give everything away. You want that or need that, here ya go. It's yours.

Do I bow down to my job? There may be a little truth to this one. I never miss work. I never call in sick. I have the attitude that I need to work, no matter what. I was taught that if you want something, you work for it. Well, there have been times when I chose work over other important things going on. It is a hard fault to break.

People would probably say that I worship and bow down to the band Stryper. I have seen them 10X in concert. I wear their shirts, support the band, but I don't worship them, I worship with them! They praise God and I'm there praising with them. I've even been given a nickname from someone inside my inner circle that revealed to me how they really feel about this.

At the end of me, I am only going to bow to one person and that person is Jesus. He is the only one I serve and worship! He alone is worthy of all the praise and glory. No one else comes close!

Psalm 95:6 New Living Translation

6 Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,

So my question to you is this. What or whom are you bowing down to? Search and see what God reveals to you. 

God bless.

Rev. Kev.