I've come to realize that idolatry is not just disobeying God, it is setting my whole heart on something beside God. It is making good things, ultimate things. I won't be able to change that by merely repenting or using my will to live differently. It is imperative that I not only uproot that which has taken God's place but I must plant the love of God back in my heart. I must set my heart on things above where Christ is and Tim Keller says that means, "appreciation, rejoicing, and resting in what Jesus has done for you. It entails joyful worship, a sense of God's reality in prayer. Jesus must become more beautiful to your imagination, more attractive to your heart, than your idol." If we sacrificially surrender the thing we love most to God, but don't replace it with the love of Christ, that which we surrender today will never stay surrendered.
Lord Jesus, I ask you to help me love you most. Help me remember your love and to keep my affections set on you.
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