Living With A Man Made God
Ξ March 1st, 2008 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Christian Living, New Christians |
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Recently, I was able to see the lyrics to a song a friend wrote. In the song, she had the phrase “Man Made God” which intrigued me. Then I could not stop thinking about it. Seems that God is interested in that phrase too! But what is a man made god anyway?
It likely depends on what you are focused on. If money is your thing then that would be your god. If you are focused on power, you will be seeing a man made god in that. Whatever the focus that takes your spirit and mind away from your time with God is likely to be the man made god in your life. Sometimes, it’s just laziness. I find myself not doing those things that I was called to do because other things get in the way….like the latest program on television or the one book I cannot put down. Are these things wrong? No, not in and of themselves. But if they are taking me away from what I am supposed to be doing for the Lord, then yes, they can be.
God tells us to seek Him first, seek the kingdom of God first, THEN all these things shall be added to us. We usually find ourselves so focused on the daily things, trying to make a buck so we can pay the bills and get that car we spotted. But God wants us to focus solely on Him. We should not be worrying about that next dollar and where it’s coming from. That takes our minds away from the Lord and all He has in store for us and what we are to be doing for Him.
Do I want to live with a man made god? Certainly not!! Do you? Probably not. If not, then it is up to you to get into God’s Word every day, seek His face in all things and just trust in Him that He will take care of the problems. After all, He says that the birds of the air are clothed beautifully but they do not worry one bit how they look because God dresses them. How much more will He help you if only you will trust Him to do so?
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