Idolatries Subtle to Name and Intoxicating to Escape
I was listening to
Dr. Carson’s preaching on what the Gospel is when he mentioned of the “wretched
claims of idolatry too subtle to be named and too intoxicating to escape.” I
could hardly remember the points he laid on his preaching but this statement
struck me. It made me think of
the things that have been my idols. I tried to look within my heart and sought
to know if there are things that I have grown to cherish and love other than
God. Have I substituted temporal things to what is divine and eternal? Am I
allowing the subtleties of the enemy to distract me and draw me away from my
first love? Did I let my guards down? Have I become
intoxicated with my idolatries that I am more fascinated and excited with its
worldly pleasures? Is the fleeting satisfaction from the fulfillment of my
lusts more invigorating? Am I already chained with my idols that I couldn’t
escape anymore?
Dr. Carson’s preaching on what the Gospel is when he mentioned of the “wretched
claims of idolatry too subtle to be named and too intoxicating to escape.” I
could hardly remember the points he laid on his preaching but this statement
struck me. It made me think of
the things that have been my idols. I tried to look within my heart and sought
to know if there are things that I have grown to cherish and love other than
God. Have I substituted temporal things to what is divine and eternal? Am I
allowing the subtleties of the enemy to distract me and draw me away from my
first love? Did I let my guards down? Have I become
intoxicated with my idolatries that I am more fascinated and excited with its
worldly pleasures? Is the fleeting satisfaction from the fulfillment of my
lusts more invigorating? Am I already chained with my idols that I couldn’t
escape anymore?
