I just wanted to briefly praise God for the way he causes people to discover his truth's one way or another. It says in Romans 2.15 (ESV), "the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears withness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them." We all know the truth about God and the life we are called to live. The question is how we respond to that law. Do we tremble at the impossibility and turn to Jesus for help? Or do we deny it and turn to ourself to cope?
I was listening to BJ Shea show on 99.9FM this morning (don't judge me), and BJ had this epiphany that all people are addicted to something, we just only really hear about it when it's drugs. Yes, YEs, YES BJ that is so true! We are all worshipers, addicted to seeking God or Self. While perhaps not everything, we can trace most of our worst days to the worship of / addiction to things other than God. Society calls the worship of money, fame or noteriety "ambition", God calls it idolotry. Society calls the worship of drugs and alcohol addiction, God calls it idolotry. The difference that drives societies perception is what we think we can achieve for ourselves. If an addiction is self serving, from a socio-economic standpoint, we consider it a positive trait. If not, its an addiction and should be shunne.
All things are created by God and therefor have a potential for good. It's not that we can't seek a comfortable living, or relax with a glass of wine a dinner. The problem is, as Mark Driscoll says, when "you make a good thing, a God thing," and worship it.
-until next time
