A few weeks ago, Pastor Jim Thomas, who weekly notes that, “we study the books of the Bible at The Village Chapel,” had a sermon centered on what he referred to as “counterfeit gods.” These gods are anything and everything that takes one’s attention away from His glory and kingdom.
It has been a few weeks since this sermon (which can be listened to on thevillagechapel.org) and it’s a tad ironic that it took me so long to write about it. The thing is, I have made my busy life a “counterfeit god” to fill my need to be loved and valued.
Ultimately, I know I need to find myself and value in the one infinite God and not my finite life. I need to stop settling for situations, job opportunities, academic ideas, friendships, and future plans, hopes, and dreams–at least, to the extent that I currently am. I know I need to settle myself in His presence and His love–to know and truly live in the truth that I am loved by God and valued more than I can even imagine–regardless of the lies that I hear and even speak to myself on a daily basis.
I recognize that this is a choice–to change my way of thinking and to place God in the supreme position of truth-telling in my life, rather than on the side, in the shadows and dust–where, more often than now, I have placed Him.
