Or everything I make in the kitchen is to-die-for. It’s so easy to find an identity within our hobbies. First Timothy 4:8 reminds us, “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” We should eat well and exercise, but we can’t allow reaching our goal weight to distract us from our true purpose on Earth, helping others to know and follow Jesus! But it is so easy to place special diets, cross fit classes, Fitbit readings, or the number on the scale, front and center in our lives. Of course, we want to treat our bodies well. In fact, Proverbs 16:3 instructs us, “Commit your work to the Lord, and He will establish your plans.” But we have to ask ourselves, does my career bring me more satisfaction than my relationship with God? Do I identity more as a #girlboss than a child of God? Do I trust my employer to provide for my needs, more than I trust God? It’s no crime to work your way up the ladder, become one of the best in your field, absolutely love what you do for a living, or even take pride in your work. And surprise, surprise, it didn’t work, even $10,000 later. Rather than turning to God for comfort and a renewing of my joy, I sought satisfaction in things.
I filled my closet with tops and shoes that made me feel beautiful, invested boatloads of money into more beauty products than I could possibly use all at once, and decorated and redecorated my apartment several times. Do I love the things money can buy more than I love God? Do they bring me more joy than the things of the Lord? I experienced an ugly breakup 15 years ago, and responded by attempting to shop away my depression.
Do I love money? Do I trust money to meet my needs more than I trust God? Am I drawing a sense of stability from God, or from a fat savings account? First Timothy 6:10 clarifies, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (NIV). Having money, even being incredibly wealthy, is not the same as holding it up as an idol. Here are some of the most common modern day idols, and a few questions you can ask to help identify them in your own life. Do I seek fulfillment or satisfaction from anything outside of God?.Do I look to anything or anyone to meet my needs instead of God?.Do I place my identity in anything over my status as a child of God?.Does anything bring me more pleasure than the things of God?.
Do I prioritize anything or anyone before God?.
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