As we finish the holiday season, there are some things I am looking forward to in the coming weeks and months. Normally, I finish off the holiday season with a New Year’s cookout/oyster eating fellowship with my small group. I am looking forward to getting together, eating oysters, and maybe a s’more or two. There is one thing that many people will join with me in looking forward to – the College Football Playoff!

While I am excited to see the playoff and the rest of the bowl games, I am not making my life revolve around them. I saw this video of a David Platt sermon that demonstrates rightly how I view college and professional football. The realization of the worship atmosphere of secular activities started for me when I viewed a concert at the House of Blues.

When I went to the show, I was in a box overseeing the stage at the House of Blues. I am related to the drummer of the headlining band. When the show started, the fans were getting loud with cheering, and as the show got going they did to. They swarmed the front, arms lifted, and swayed back and forth. For me, I saw them and I felt distraught. I felt this way because for them it was worship.

Worship is not just what we call a god and to what we sacrifice but it is to what we dedicate our lives. The crowd had t-shirts, hats, and CDs of the band. They knew their names, all the words to the songs, and even some of their daily activities (stalkers).

Worship to God, the true God is much the same way. We don’t need t-shirts to show our worship but we must dedicate our lives. We need to know the Word and have our daily activities dictated by God.

Let’s all do better this holiday season and bowl season talking about Jesus than a game.