EVERY MAN NEEDS A GOD

EVERY MAN NEEDS A GOD

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exod. 20:3

Every man needs a god, even an atheist or a government official. There is no man who has not somewhere in his heart, in his life, in the essentials of his being, a shrine in which is a deity whom he worships. It is as impossible for a man to live without having an object of worship as it is for a bird to fly, if it is taken out of the air. The very composition of human life, the mystery of man's being, demands a center of worship. There may be a false god at the center of the life, the devotion of his powers-these things are all worship. The question is whether the life and powers of man are devoted to the worship of the true God or to that of a false one. There is a center, a motive, a reason, a shrine, a deity somewhere-something that man worships. When a man dethrones God-he deifies and worships himself. In every case man demands a god-a god, a king, a lawgiver-one who arranges the program, utters the commandment, and then demands obedience. And then they attempt to deface the true God Who must be worshiped in spirit and truth (John 4:23).