Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 4:26 (New Living Translation)

When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the Lord by name.

Other translations use the phrase, “they began to call upon the name of the LORD.”

Man came to view God the creator as … well as God and not someone living around the corner. Note how Adam and Eve met with God and thought of God. That was changing here. That became much closer to our relationship with God today.

And now we have the concept of worship. “Worship” mean a million things to a hundred different people. At this point in history, people first began to worship God as the Creator. How did they do that? Please, give the details in the footnotes or something, okay, God? Help us out here!

No details (and where would you put footnotes in a scroll anyways, but I digress). So what do I do? How do I worship properly? I suppose if I were clever or wise enough I could give an answer that works for people in the Arctic Circle in the year 1500 and people in the US of A in the year 2018. I know it has something to do with the heart. Hmmm, that is not helpful, but, at the same time, the answer.