Everybody Worships - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Wednesday, November 2, 2023
by RBC Ministries

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Everybody Worships

Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 27-29, Titus 3

People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.
Acts 17:22

Today's Scripture & Insight: Acts 17:24-32

I recently visited Athens, Greece. Walking around its ancient Agoraâ€”the marketplace where philosophers taught and Athenians worshipedâ€”I found altars to Apollo and Zeus, all in the shadow of the Acropolis, where a statue of the goddess Athena once stood.

We may not bow to Apollo or Zeus today, but society is no less religious. "Everybody worships," novelist David Foster Wallace said, adding this warning: "If you worship money and things . . . then you will never have enough. . . . Worship your body and beauty. . . and you will always feel ugly. . . . Worship your intellect . . . [and] you will end up feeling stupid." Our secular age has its own gods, and they're not benign.

"People of Athens!" Paul said while visiting the Agora, "I see that in every way you are very religious" (Acts 17:22). The apostle then described the one true God as the Creator of all (vv. 24-26) who wants to be known (v. 27) and who has revealed Himself through the resurrection of Jesus (v. 31). Unlike Apollo and Zeus, this God isn't made by human hands. Unlike money, looks, or intelligence, worshiping Him won't ruin us.

Our "god" is whatever we rely on to give us purpose and security. Thankfully, when every earthly god fails us, the one true God is ready to be found (v. 27).

By: Sheridan Voysey

Reflect & Pray
What other "gods" do you see society worshiping today? What do you rely on to give you purpose and security?

Father, forgive me for placing wealth, beauty, politics, or other things first. I take them off the altar of my heart and place You there instead.
Everybody Worships

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