Idols

When our hearts and minds are not centered on God, we live in the power of idols. When our heart, mind and body are not centered on God, we are centered in the things of this world.

We know this in an intellectual way, yet we don't live it out in our day to day life. Our intellectual mind knows it, but our heart remains elsewhere and our body usually wants to sleep. How can we claim ownership of this knowledge, so it becomes the primary force that motivates us throughout our daily lives. If we have knowledge that we know to be truths and we don't live by those truths, what does that say about us.

"Although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him" - Romans 1:21

"An idol is anything we want more than God, anything we rely on more than God, anything we look to for greater fulfillment than God. Idolatry is thus the hidden sin driving all other sins." - Nancy Pearcey (Finding Truth) Pg.36

Why do we resort to idolatry in the first place? Why do we turn away from God? Even after conversion a Christian is continually tested because we live in a fallen world and until we are taken up to Heaven and become fully Glorified we will always face the possibility of backsliding due to original sin and our fallen nature and its continued influence over us.


If we ask ourselves what is our motivating force; worship of God, or the worship of the world?

Identification with the creation 'the thing' becomes our God instead of using the creation to come closer to God we become enamored by the beauty of the creation and mistakenly believe and act as though its worth more than God, we forget about God and settle for a plastic replica.


W P.