Ravi Zacharias Quote

From his teaching Worship:  A Clue to Meaning in Life (Part 2 of 2)

“You may find this hard to understand, and it’s sometimes almost awkward to say. You know something? I thought that when you get married, and you find the woman you love with all of your heart, that you would never be tempted again. I was wrong. 
           There is only one thing that I have found in my life that gives me the strength to honor my pledge to my wife whom I love dearly more than anyone else in this globe.  There’s only one thing that’s given me the strength to know to not be greedy for the things of this world, and not to be proud even in a moment’s glory. It is when worship has bound every ability and anchored it in sacredness, and it is the greatest expression of your life and mind. Quickening of conscious by His holiness; nourishment of mind by His Truth; purifying of imagination by His beauty; opening of the heart to His love; submission of will to His purpose. All this gathered up in adoration of the greatest expressions of which we are capable. 
           Ladies and gentlemen, it is because of that deep conviction of worship, there are some movies I will never see, however good they may be. There are some books I will never crack open however greatly written they may be. There are some sites I will shut my eyes to and turn away from however alluring they may be. There are some desires that need to be stifled in their first instance however imaginative, and marvelous that trail may be. You back away because your life is bound by a sacred commitment to God and worship has pulled my life together, as I’m sure it has yours, when you bring emotion, will, conscience, everything under His care and under His control.
           You see, I can bring this to an application in two options.
Application number one is this:
           If you do not know how to worship Him in spirit and in truth, please hear me. Even God will disappoint you. Because you will end up using Him; you will end up not really coming on His terms. That’s why you’ve said you’ve sniffed at it and what a weariness it is. There’s a barrenness in our world today because people do not know how to worship.
The other application is very straightforward:
When you understand how worship binds, how worship bestows dignity to every human being, and how worship brings purpose, how worship gives sacredness so that you see those which will not take you into the profane, so that you don’t utter words that profane in themselves, that your life, your body, your mind, your goals, your ambitions, are all governed by this binding factor of worship, then you find out that worship is not a moment, it is not an hour, it is not a service. That is only a community expression when we come. You see God does not live in buildings, as he pointed out to Stephen. We do not go to the temple; we take the temples with us. He makes [us] His home. Once you understand the ramifications of this, then you understand that worship is coextensive with life. It is a moment-by-moment expression, not just in a momentary sense. It takes you every moment."