Proberbs 21:3 says "To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice."
Does this mean that sometimes simply doing something that is right and just is even better than doing some "religious" thing? I get the sense that this proverb captures the essence of the fine distinction between focusing on "religion" versus "relationship." Jesus sure did have this thing figured out. Remember the "religious" people of his day that had issues with some of the amazingly right things that he did while apparently violating the "religious" law? Wonder how my life is aligned with this concept?
We've been going through the "worship wars" in our church. Maybe it's time to focus on relationship rather than "my" preferred worship style. Recently God gave me a word, "Go back to your origins, when you first loved me and learned to praise me. Pure love and pure praise, that's all I've ever wanted from you."
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