My Other gods
Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me.
Yesterday, I spent some time with some of my other gods.
I
didn’t really have a tough day, it was more a draining day. At the end
of the day, I was going to eat dinner and then go meet the girls at
church. I wrapped up my work, made dinner, and sat down to watch part
of a movie on my new, fancy-schmancy TV while I ate.
Ironically, I didn’t eat too much and the movie wasn’t anything subversive.
But, I was counting on them to make me feel better.
As
I was driving to church, I was thinking about why I didn’t feel more at
ease after a day of work. I had had a good dinner and relaxed with a
cool movie. No big deal, right? The problem is that I was counting on
something temporal to give me satisfaction and it didn’t work.
Just
like I want to live for Him right now, I want to only go to him for my
satisfaction. Food, relaxation, leisure, entertainment, etc. are cool
and, I believe, gifts from God. Unfortunately, I sometimes use them to
replace God.
Exodus 20:4-5 ‘You shall not make for yourselves
an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the Earth beneath
or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them;
for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,…’
