Deut. 11:16, 17a But do not let your heart turn away from the
LORD to worship other gods. If you do,
the LORD’s anger will burn against you.
I believe this is a universal command
from God for all His people. The Lord is
a jealous God and He will not share His glory with anything or anyone
else. The Lord commands us to put Him in
His rightful place at the very core of our lives. He is not just the Savior of man, He is our
Lord. He commands all of our love first
and foremost. If we don’t love Him first
with all of our capability to love, we will never know how to love others. You cannot put anything before the Lord in
your life and make it work.
An idol is anything that commands
more of our attention or affection than God does. What idols do you have in your life that must
go? Only you can keep your heart from
turning away from the Lord. We make
choices every day about our relationship with God. We choose how much time we spend with Him in
worship. We choose how much we allow Him
to affect our living. We choose how much
we allow our interests in life to crowd Him out. We choose how much time we spend serving
Him. We choose how much influence we
allow sin to have on us.
Do not let your heart turn away from
God. Deliberately seek Him and love
Him. Do not let anything crowd Him out
of your heart and mind. Do not give God
just cause to burn with anger against you.
We must choose daily what role we will allow God to have in our hearts. Our actions and conversations reflect the
choice we make.
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