What Color is Your Idol?

Idolatry is, we think, an Old Testament phenomenon. But if we look at an idol as anything that we substitute for following Christ, we probably all have them - but tend to look past them. In Genesis 11, God scattered the people to put his plan into effect. In the process, he thwarted their plan to build the great city and tower of Babel. Not because it was horribly wrong, but because He had another plan - a people, a law, a land, a Savior - that was better. Sometimes, God may have to ask us to tear down what gets in His way in our life - our idol. Perhaps we worship at the idol of safety, of predictability, of control, of identity, status - or whatever. We, at some point, probably repeatedly, will need to decide whom or what we are really following. In order to do that we need to believe that God can handle our life better than whatever else we are trusting in, and, more importantly, that He loves us - that His way for us is better for us, because He loves us. If we don't cross this bridge with Him, we will probably stick to our little idols.