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Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 Corinthians 10:14 NKJV
If you’re like most Christians today, you probably don’t think much about idols or idolatry. To most of us, idols and idolatry were problems God addressed during Old Testament times, when His people so many times turned away from Him and worshipped false deities. Today, we Christians don’t worship actual, literal false “gods”—like people in ancient times did.
In reality, though, idolatry is as much of a danger for the man of God today as it was in Old Testament times. We may not worship statues or other inanimate objects, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t faced with the many temptations toward idolatry today. That is why the apostle John warned, “Dear children, keep yourselves from idols” (1 John 5:21).
That was sound counsel two thousand years ago, and its sound counsel today as well.
What kinds of things do you find yourself tempted to “worship”? Money? Position? Social standing? There’s a long list of things that, in themselves, aren’t sinful. But when we become fixated on them, when we start believing that they can bring us the satisfaction and security we should find in God alone, then they can become idols.
So be careful. Make sure you keep God alone as your object of loving worship.
Prayer: Father, help me to avoid even a hint of idolatry in my life.
If you’re like most Christians today, you probably don’t think much about idols or idolatry. To most of us, idols and idolatry were problems God addressed during Old Testament times, when His people so many times turned away from Him and worshipped false deities. Today, we Christians don’t worship actual, literal false “gods”—like people in ancient times did.
In reality, though, idolatry is as much of a danger for the man of God today as it was in Old Testament times. We may not worship statues or other inanimate objects, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t faced with the many temptations toward idolatry today. That is why the apostle John warned, “Dear children, keep yourselves from idols” (1 John 5:21).
That was sound counsel two thousand years ago, and its sound counsel today as well.
What kinds of things do you find yourself tempted to “worship”? Money? Position? Social standing? There’s a long list of things that, in themselves, aren’t sinful. But when we become fixated on them, when we start believing that they can bring us the satisfaction and security we should find in God alone, then they can become idols.
So be careful. Make sure you keep God alone as your object of loving worship.
Prayer: Father, help me to avoid even a hint of idolatry in my life.
