Steve, how about that, I just spent maybe an hour on Idols & Idolatry, then wrote a short Epistle for the board then hit the cancel key (on purpose)....a very good lesson for me...Anyway your post fit right in there, all your blessed easily fit into idolatry. We think of idol worship/idolatry of yesterdays of long, long ago, but the ole devil has really tricked many into placing your BLESSED into things which come between us & God and also the devil has given us the ability to create great excuses that make us innocent of any wrong doing.
We count our blessings & name them one by one, but I wonder if we ever ask ourselves if we allow any of these blessings to come 1st and place God 2nd......Family, sports, work, savings, health, retirement and the list of blessings go on & on....Do I allow any of these things to be #1 and God #2.....Just a passing thought-----I am sure the ole devil can offer me excuses----but if I may, remember when we take on any of the blessings in our life we need to take God along.....Example, I enjoy my shop, I do best when I share this time with God. God is always right there, and does make for much room for the devil, wherever I may be, God is always right there--- not just in a building we today call the church.
1 John 2:15 & James 4:4
