Putting God Back on the Throne

I have been guilty so many times of replacing God on the throne of my heart. Over the course of my life, I have had people, places, dreams and desires on the throne of my heart. But over the last year, I have been really convicted in my soul that I was dabbling in idolatry.

Now we may not think we are idol worshippers because we are not physically bowing down and verbally calling a statue image "God" but we are emotionally and spiritually identifying those other things in our life as our Lord.

For example, one may consider that their spouse or romantic partner or their parent is their Savior and whatever they need to be saved they go to that person, depend on that person...instead of Jehovah Jireh. One may consider themselves as God and worship who they are by constantly placing themselves on the throne of their own life. And of course, we know that money, cars, houses can definitely be worshipped.

Worship entails a sacred devotion to a person or thing. It entails an honor that is above any and every other honor. I truly believe that we can not worship the LORD God wholly when we have all these other "gods" on the throne of our lives. What would it be to only have the LORD God as ruler of the world? As ruler of our lives? One thing is for sure, it will require complete and total trust and faith that God is deserving of that title.

Modernity has so kept us blind to the fact that God is Sovereign. With technology of such things as baby makers and food growers, we feel at times that we don't need God to supply. But woe to him that thinks that. Let's bring it down a little from the extreme. With technology, we may feel that we don't need to depend on the LORD for relationships; we can create them ourselves. God is LORD.

Like I started this blog with: I am guilty of replacing God from the throne of my heart. It has grieved me at the fear I have had in letting God dwell there. Woe unto me! But when you know better, you do better. Pray with me as we put God back on the throne.

Blessings,
Aurellia

You Can't? Yes, You Can!

Today, I must say, has been a tough day. This Summer season has been a tough one for me. I have told myself that I can't do some tough tasks that I have been given to do. I am thinking of one such task that is my responsibility and I have felt inadequate or just not in the "right" place in my life to handle it. But as I was cooking dinner, the Spirit of God reminded me that when I am weak that is when God is strong. The writer/minister Paul wrote in his letter to the church in Corinth that the Lord said to him "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor 12:9). He was referring to an issue that he had been dealing with for quite sometime that kept him from fully being a perfect human being. Regardless of the issue he had dealt with, he knew that his problem made him lesser of the man he desired to be. But as he pleaded with the Lord to remove it, the Lord reminded him that He was all he needed in order to be who God called him to be. Paul did not mention the Lord saying anything about how to get rid of it or what the problem meant in the grand scheme of things. Paul simply states that the Lord let him know of His power and the role God's power played in his situation.

Even as I write to someone out there in cyberspace, I am digesting this information. In my limitations as a woman, a mother, a minister, a friend, a daughter, God's power becomes evident because it is "when I am weak, I am strong" (v10). I was saying to myself today (and all Summer) "I can't possibly do this or be that because..." but "Yes I Can." It is not just the political campaign slogan of the current US President. It is true for every follower of Jesus Christ. We can do all things through Christ who gives us strength because at the end of the day, it is not us who's working anyway.

My prayer is that my hardships and struggles and victories and triumphs help and encourage someone else. We may not know how we are going to perform a specific task or remain holy with our particular lustful desires but we can rest assure that Jehovah God does and provide power.

Blessings to you,
Aurellia