“Oh that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you.’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will accept no offering from your hands.’”
The fourth element is - It is impossible to worship God with a wrong motive
So much had become a show. Everything seems to point to how impressive one’s religious performance and duties appear. But deep inside, our heart is far, far away from God.
Any time we find a blend of power and ceremony with the need for inward purity, there is a great risk that the latter will suffer.
The monotony of repetition and the seduction of power are two extremely potent forces to contend with. That is what makes the whole concept of staying fresh in one’s study and efforts so necessary. Each new day places a new opportunity before us to be refreshed and to learn, to reinforce and to renew.
Figuratively speaking, the heart is the seat of the soul, by that I mean our inclinations, our passions, our desires, our sincerity are true intimations in matters of the spirit and God is saying that the comings and goings are very obvious, but the heart is far away - therefore worship is not really happening.
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