August 15, 2020 Rick Warren Devotional ;- When You Make Idols, You End Up Like Them
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“Those who make idols end up like them. So does everyone who trusts them.”
Psalm 115:8 (GW)
We want to live in the truth of God’s reality, not in the lie created by our own hand. These idols won’t just stop after they’ve disappointed us. Eventually, they will control us.
On the other hand, if you value Jesus above all else, you’ll become like him.
So if putting something else first in our lives warps us, why do we do it?
We want a god we can control. We want to be able to manage him. But why would you want to follow a god you can control and manage? That’s no god at all.
Guess what? You don’t have to settle for that kind of god. You can choose to give yourself over to an all-knowing, all-powerful God who can take you places far beyond where your fantasies and idols ever could. And that’s a reality that won’t leave you feeling disappointed.