Idols.

So what happens when learning reaches a dead end?

This past week has been slightly hard for me in the learning department. I just felt like I was being stagnant, not continuing to grow like I so desperately wanted.

I guess that's why God provided me with the reason it is happening.

This weekend Katie and I stayed at my sister's house in Chicago. It was so much fun! But, the part I want to talk about is what I learned at church--which was the answer I'd been looking for.

The speaker at church talked a little about idols. He said to ask yourself these questions:

What do you find yourself talking about most?

What dominates your thoughts?

Whatever your answer is, that is probably an idol in your life. Well, there it is. I knew right away what my current idol is.

This idol has definitely been standing in the way of my growth. When all you think about is something other than God, how can you grow IN God?

And, when I'm not growing in God, that gives Satan a chance to attack my mind and make me feel really insecure in who I am.

I'm not exactly sure how to go about removing an idol from my life, but I'm thinking this might help:

"...we know that 'an idol has no real existence', and that 'there is no God but one.' For although there may be so-called gods in heaven and on earth--as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"--yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist."

-1 Corinthians 8:4-6

The things that stick out to me in that are:

-idols don't really exist.

-there is only ONE God.

-all things are from Him.

-everything, us included, exists FOR Him.

So how could He not be my utmost thought? I guess it's a human flaw. But I want to fight it. I want to keep growing.

The truth is, the gospel show s us the emptiness of our idols, and it shows us how fulfilled we can truly be through God. YES.