Those are all good things, but the question of today's text asks whether the priority of worship has been squeezed out of our lives, not just by wicked things but even by other good things. Nothing restores perspective in life as well as worship. Nothing brings my life back to center stream as well as worship. Worship serves as a compass when I am off course, a gyroscope when I am off balance, and a solid foundation when I am off my rocker. The second lesson in this text points to the purity of worship.
Worship is dangerous.
When we come to God, we must be very careful that it is not a substitute for, or a cover of, our indifference to the hurts of the world around us. Or, more seriously, that worship is not a pretense that hides godless living. A little background information may be helpful to understand this radical Temple cleansing by Jesus. The temple business started as a favor for the worshippers, namely, to make it convenient for them to offer sacrifices. In addition, the money used for all temple business had to be pure, so there was another profit for the temple earned in changing money into their special coinage.