Today in church Pastor Karl went over the second commandment. For those of you who do not know the ten commandments the second one says " you shall not make any idols. You must never bow to any image or worship it in any way". Alot of the times, we think of our "idols" to be people- famous movie stars or actors, people we want to resemble in some way. But really, an idol can be ANYTHING, whether it's a hobby or a person or object. An idol is anything that takes the focus off of God, puts it on something else. Take a look at your life- do you have idols?
I know for me there are things that i sometimes will put in place of God. I will be doing something rather than reading my bible, or focusing on him. Sometimes, I think we forgot that God sees all- he see's everything we do, and he is with us always. Deuteronomy 4:15 says "for your own good then, make certain that you do not sin by making yourself an idol in any form at all.." Because idols will continue to diappoint you. God, on the other hand promises to never disappoint you.
Just a reminder that God should always come first- no matter what it is we think may be more important than him. There is nothing more important than God :-)
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