I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of
heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of
God, begotten of the Father before all ages;
Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten,
not created, of one essence with the Father
through Whom all things were made.
Who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven and was incarnate
of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate,
and suffered and was buried;
And He rose on the third day,
according to the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father;
And He will come again with glory to judge the living
and dead. His kingdom shall have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of life,
Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the
Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, Who
spoke through the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the age to come.
Amen.
This is where it gets tricky. Makes me think of words from an 80″s song that say “I don’t want to be on your pedestal because I’m afraid of heights.”
My way of staying off the pedestal is to remind them, AND myself, that it is
GOD IN me that they are seeing. It isGOD IN me that they are drawn to.
Amen, that’s an awesome response. Thanks and God bless, friend.
It’s so easy for each one of us to find ourselves idolizing someone or something. This comes as no surprise because God has created us with a desire to worship. But it’s worship intended only for Him, because then He alone receives ALL the glory! -Dani
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” ~Revelation 4:11
True! True! True! We are called to imitate others… but only as they imitate Christ. The worship must always end up at Jesus’ feet. Thanks for the great response… God bless.
I prefer to be on ground level…don’t believe I could handle the inevitable hard fall. At ground level, I am at the safest and best place – at the feet of God.
Peace and luv, Eric
“The worship must always end up at Jesus’ feet.”
Yes! Thank you!
Oh, M & T, bless you for this life-saver of a post for me. That is exactly what happened a few weeks ago. A follower put me on a sort of pedestal and verged on stalking me online. Thanks Be to God that I have very good and discreet Christian advisers about this sort of thing; and it has been handled. The correct steps have been put out to ward off this person’s predeliction to strangling folks with his “devotion” and “admiration” . How wise you are to post about not allowing others to idolize us as they “follow” us! Bless you in all your work and ministries.