The Word, Prayer and Worship

I want you to think about an analogy that hopefully will shed light on life. Baseball is a sport that has design, rules, umpires, players, equipment and strategy. If God's Word is the collective knowledge of the game, and prayer is the conversation about how everything fits together, (we might call this the learning curve) then worship is the heart for the game. It is walking on to the field and playing the game for the love of the game. It is the obsession that one eats, sleeps and lives for the game. Today, life is determined by our circumstances, perceived and real, and by the collective shaming of our PC culture. People allow their hearts to be manipulated into places and things that they have no heart for. Once the heart grows cold, then the chaos and violence of idols dominate. Maybe it isn't so much that we need to get back in the game, (this is very important) but what is even more necessary is that we restore the heart for the game. Maybe then we will stop tearing at each other over preferences and being constantly offended.