In Christ alone

 1 Corinthians 10:14

...Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry...

This sentence in verse 14 had me thinking this week. In a way it is easy to identify idolatry when it involves carved images and Canaanite temples like those we read of in the Bible, and most probably we often read over this sentence and do not give it another thought since we automatically think we are not guilty of idolatry. However, if we stop for a moment and think about what exactly the word idolatry means, this picture changes significantly.

A quick search for a definition brought the following to attention:

Webster's dictionary says:

Idolatry is "worship of or excessive devotion to, or reverence for some person or thing" An idol is anything that replaces the one true God.

Idolatry is therefore anything that is more important to us than God Himself. Anything that I derive fulfillment from outside of God, anything that saturates my heart more than God, anything that I give more adoration to than God, anything that fills, floods my heart and imagination more than what God does, anything that you seek out to receive from what we should only be receiving from God, can be defined as an idol.

Point to ponder: Let us ask God during this week when we are preparing for celebrating Passover to show us the idols in our heart in whichever format they may exist.

May we be wholly filled with God alone in this time as Ephesians 3:19 (AMPC) says:

[That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!

In Christ alone - Brian Littrell