Making gods in our life.

Reading: Jeremiah 11-12, Psalm 97, and Acts 23

 

Scripture: Jeremiah 11:12-13, Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, but they cannot save them in the time of their trouble. For your gods have become as many as your cities, O Judah, and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to shame, altars to make offerings to Baal.

 

Thoughts: When I look at the news and all the chaos in this world, I can see the gods that are being created even in this modern world. We may not be building statues with alters to burn sacrifices on but Romans 12:1 talks about our bodies being a living sacrifice. As I look at this world I see the god of self, those who only look for the physical and emotional high. Within that there are things like the LGBTQ god that people are being forced to bow down to by catering to the pronoun mafia. One of the most reagent gods I have seen creep into our world is the victimhood god who tells us that we need to find out value in how marginalized we are. I know I have fallen into that mentality using my story to try to prop myself up. My story is part of how I got to where I am today but it is not who I am or how I want to identify. What are we allowing the world to raise up to god status in our lives?

 

Prayer: Lord God, you are the one true God, you are higher then all things and you deserve all the glory and honor and praise. I thank you for creating a world where we have choice and that you pour out your love and mercy upon us. I thank you for my family and my friends. I thank you for the provisions you have for us, those that we have seen and those that we don’t understand or have not seen. I ask that you help me to show your love to world and my family. I ask for discernment in the situations in my life and help us to overcome the challenges before us.