Cross Angle

A thought has been rolling around in my head for a week or so now. I am not sure it is totally accurate, but I am going to throw it out there for comment and criticism. The idea is this. Can a man (or woman) ever truly worship himself? Often we say that a person worships himself instead of God. In a sense this is true, but just as a blanket statement, I am not sure this is totally accurate. Men will have other men worship them all day long. They will want others to worship their book, work, power, wealth, fame, and so on. Some will even go so far as to make an image of themselves and have others worship it. However, I do not recall ever hearing of such a man worshipping that image himself. It is almost as if he instinctively know that it is not a god, even if he wishes everyone else to believe it is. My thesis is that man are too religious to truly worship an image themselves. They do want to pamper themselves, and desperately want other men to worship them. But even an atheist is too needy to worship at a shrine of his own image. He simply worships his lack of worship. An the heathen will worship trees and animals before himself. Man is so needy and so desires worship, that he will go great lengths to worship anything but himself, as he is never secure in himself. The Bible does affirm this notion of men needing to worship and praise another. The sad part is that too often it is not the living God. Well, that is my observation. Is it in line with God’s Word and reality, or just nonsense? Think it over and post your thoughts!