It's great to cheer for the home team. Your team. Your heroes. And it's great to be inspired by those who work hard, who train tirelessly. Those who set an example of excellence and achievement for the rest of us.
Yet, is there sometimes a fine line, between adulation, honor, and respect for someone, and hero worship? What is worship after all? Worship takes many forms: Praise. Reverence. Dedication of time, energy, and resources. Raising someone, or something, higher than ourselves. Looking to another to be a example, a hero, a leader to us?
Respecting others is a very good thing. Honoring them for their achievements is good. Lifting them too high is dangerous. It is out of balance. It is dishonoring the One who created us. The One who we are called to worship. Enjoy the game, remembering there is One who made it all, even the game.
Be encouraged by the Word of God:
From Matthew 4:
The devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. "All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.
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