Idols of the Heart

Wow as I just go through Bible college I have been thinking about all that I have learned throughout the semester and I am just SO thankful to God for the amazing gifts that He has given me and the wonderful friends that He has placed in my life for me to showcase the awesomeness of our God to and whom I can experience Christ, the hope of all glory (Colossians 1:27) in!! When I attend discipleship counseling, I have come to realize what the primary point is in the class, and that is having a heart that worships God and is satisfied in His Person and Rule through Jesus Christ!!

I have come to realize that through watching Louie Giglio's passion talks on worship, and also from studying in Discipleship Counseling, the basic issue of humanity is that we are ALL worshippers of something because that is the way that God made us. And what we worship is going to determine how we act, how we treat one another, what direction our life takes, who we are.... so what are we going to worship. God made us so that we can worship Him through exulting in (Romans 5:2, 11) and showcasing His all-satisfying supremacy to all the world so that they can join us in worship!! That is why Paul says in Romans 11:36 all things are from Him, through Him, and TO Him.... It is all about God, and our everlasting enjoyment of Him forever! So Paul therefore follows up in Romans 12:1 to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice to God that is holy and pleasing because this is what is pleasing to God!

Now sadly we have rejected God as our all satisfaction (Jeremiah 2:13a, Romans 1:23a, 25a) and because we are still worshippers by nature. we will then worship and deify the creation (Jeremiah 2:13b, Romans 1:23b, 25b). Then our sins progress from that into how we live in the world and with each other. The root of all evil in the world is the fact that we have rejected God as our all satisfying Treasure and have worshipped creation instead. And that idolatry in our hearts will drive us to hell unless we trust in the work of Christ that brings us back to God. (1 Peter 3:18)

But for Christians in regard to idols of the heart, the Bible is evidently clear that we need to guard our hearts (Proverbs 4:23) because from there flows the wellsprings of life. O how I ask God that He renew my passion for His supremacy for the joy of ALL people and that I will set my mind on my heavenly position in Christ Jesus! (Colossians 3:1-4) And I say to you unbelievers not to find satisfaction in Michael Jackson, Jerry Springer, or South Park because they are but vapors that fade away (James 4:13-14) but God is Forever (Psalm 102:25-27) and He will not disappoint you if you hope in Christ alone.

May at the end of our lives when trials come that we can sing Who have I in heaven but You and besides You I desire nothing on earth. My heart and my flesh may fail but You are the strength of my portion forever. (Psalm 73:25-26)

Seeing the goal of everything in counseling...
Kevin Chu