idol thoughts

so tonight at frontline the talk was about idols in our lives. they're going through a series called no other gods. it was really something i needed to hear. it made me recognize some of the idols in my life. here's some of the questions that they asked that can help you to recognize the things that are idols in your life.

• what is your greatest fear?

• where do you run to for comfort?

• what do you complain about the most?

• how do you explain yourself to others?

• what causes you to be angry with God?

• what do you want to have more than anything else?

• what do you treasure most?

with these questions a couple different things came up, but the one thing i found that kept coming up was my fear of being single / desire to be in a relationship.

i've let that become something that i focus way too much on in my life. i have a hard time being content in being single, in knowing that where i am right now is where God wants me. i'm always dwelling on the future, on what's to come, never on what's before me now.

now, something that they brought up was that most things that become idols for us aren't inherently bad. they're usually good things that we end up putting ahead of God. be it work, relationships, achievements, etc. so these things aren't bad to have in your life, but it just becomes sin when we put these things ahead of our relationship with Christ. when our status is determined by our relationship status, our monetary status or our achievements rather than the fact that we are children of God.

i hope that i can begin to learn to continuously put Christ first in my life, rather then letting other things get in the way. other things can be in my life, but Christ is first, all other things should fall into place after Him.