The title pretty much says it in a nutshell, but I’ve never been lost for words, so let’s continue.
IDLE! Hey that looks a lot like Idol. Both are not good unless your Idol is Jesus. It’s safe to say that not enough people idolize our Savior.
Both idle and idol is a big problem on why we don’t act or do enough for our King.
Why don’t we do more for Jesus? Are we busy? Are we planning on getting around to it? It really isn’t my thing to speak up?
All of these are keeping our service for the Lord out of gear. We’re in idle……idling…..puh puh puh puh puh puh puh.
Another day goes by. Did you do something that will live forever? If it was for Him, it lives forever. If it was for you, or done by you for someone else that wasn’t in the name Jesus, it’s gone forever.
It’s like that $50 meal we just ate. All gone. Bye, Bye.
Then there is the other Idol. Idol Worship. Sure there are a few people out there that still worship actual idols, but in today’s world it goes further than that.
I am going to have a whole series on 2 Timothy Chapter 3 so I won’t get into detail here. It speaks of our generation and their love for many things but not God. Verse 4 says:
2 Timothy 3:4 – 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God
Oh this section hits our generation right on the head and I will be writing on it in the months ahead.
We idolize pleasure in this generation more than any other. When those things we partake in dwarf the time you’re giving to God and Jesus, it’s considered an idol. If you’re putting 20 more times into golf, television, sports, camping, etc, than you are to the Lord, what does that say?
I’ve been there. I know what it says. It says I matter. I matter much more than the Lord does.
Now we all make excuses on how to justify it, but they are just that and will carry no weight in front of the Lord.
God made you a wonderful person. He wants you to rest at times and he wants you to enjoy the wonderful creation He has provided.
He doesn’t want you to pay more attention to it than Him. Understatement. God first, other things second.
Here’s the good news. You were made for the very purpose of having a constant ongoing relationship with Him. You were made to serve Him. If you quit choking yourself out on all the other things and the sins of this world, it will begin to be natural and you will realize that’s why we were created.