Idol...Idol... Idol...
I usually used this word to call some friends that I admired with. I
love calling them that way because in one way or another, I believe, it also
boost their confidence because I idolized them. But funny it is, how
often times I proudly called myself as a Christian, when often times I
idolize things and people and follow what they actually do. I confess
this should
not be.
I had read an article about idol and it struck me most as he defined it . He said
an " idol" is not, merely, a graven image that people physically bow down to. It is
anything that occupies a place in our heart that belongs to God.
So that means " an idol can be the problems and bills that we think about all day, the food that comforts us during low moments, the mentors that we turn to for validation, your
children who you constantly worry about, the accomplishments that affirm us, and even the ministerial
work that keeps us from spending time alone with God or even our studies that we get into. If we are not careful, anything in our lives can become an idol." What....?
I realized that God want us to idolize Him. Only Him. This means that I
should worship, adore, obey, rely on, chase, and think about Him — all day, all night, every
day, every night, through all problems, and through all victories.
Mhatteo