Straying

[264 words] Recently I was asked the following question: “We are in a different time, yes, we serve the same God. However if our worship is sincere, yet strays from the old days, is that somehow less pleasing before God? I think not!” How would you answer this question? We do live in “a different time,” but couldn’t that be said of every generation? The people of David’s generation lived “in a different time” than Moses. And the people of Jesus’ day lived in “a different time” than David. Sincerity in worship is no doubt required of all generations (Joshua 24:14). So that leaves us with the question, what about those who stray from God’s prescribed form of worship? Stray. The word sounds almost innocent, doesn’t it? “He went astray…he didn’t intend to, he just strayed!” But why do men stray? “Cease listening to instruction…and you will stray from the…