"My fears are directly proportional to the vulnerability of the things that are my greatest joys. Anything but God and His will is vulnerable." --Tim Keller
Again, Psalm 27 makes us ask--what are my idols? What are good things that we've let become our ONE thing. Reputation? Relationships? Accomplishments? Our one thing... that thing without which "I cannot be happy or fulfilled or productive"... is either God or an idol.
FYI There is a book coming out this summer which promises to be very helpful. Written by Dan Allender & Tremper Longman... Breaking the Idols of Your Heart
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Friday, May 25, 2007
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