My prayer for you for today is that you will not be held
back by idols, but that you will grow in God. In Jesus Name.
Acts
17: 16 and 28-30
While
Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he
saw everywhere in the city.
For
in Him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are
His offspring.' And since this is true, we shouldn't think of God as an
idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.
"God overlooked people's ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now He commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to Him.
"God overlooked people's ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now He commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to Him.
The world is but a vapour, but God is eternal…
The life we live and the world today has become a place of
idols. It is the cars we drive, the houses we build the clothes we buy and even
the friends we choose. Life itself has become a place where I put myself first
and the rest must just follow. We idolize. And the best part is that we take
the credit for our success and our achievements. I love how Louie Giglio
explained this. You are successful at work, you use your eyes to see, you ears
to hear, your mouth to talk, your arms to write and your legs to walk. You
drive to work in a car that you bought because of the work you have with arms
and legs. Who gave you these arms and legs? God did. You wouldn’t even be at
work if it wasn’t for Him. You would not have been able to do your job if it
was not for God. Yet we put God at the end of our friend and glory lists. God
made you, He designed you even before you were born. He knew you will be where
you are right now, because that is how He planned it. Everything and everyone
is here because of Him, He chose the people you will work with and the people
you will be friends with and it all part of His great master plan. So that no
one will be lost but all will be saved. Today’s challenge to you is a tough
one. Put God first and give Him His deserved glory for everything in your life.
He made you and He made you in His image. Let those around you and even those
you meet see that God is your best friend and that He is first in all that you
do and all that you are. To God be all the glory…
Rain over South Africa, wow it is going to be a blessed
Christmas.
Have a great day, friend of Jesus.
Cheers
