Under Gods Command
Isaiah 29:13-15 – These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder, the wisdom of the wise will perish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.
The people claimed to be close to God, but they were disobedient and merely went through the motions. Therefore, God would bring judgment upon them. Religion had become routine instead of real. We are all capable of hypocrisy. Often we slip into routine patterns when we worship and we neglect to give God our love and devotion. If we want to be called Gods people, we must be obedient and worship him honestly and sincerely. Are we going through the motions today with our worship?