There's not enough space

Okay, so we know that as Christians, we're not supposed to sin, that the Holy Spirit lives in our hearts, we're the temple of God and all that good stuff. And we all try to avoid sin sometimes, and some other times, we find ourselves battling with all of these things.

Another storytime!

So I had a habit, and I wouldn't call it a sin, but after a while, I was indulging in it often, and I noticed that I had less and less conscious experiences of God's presence. And one day I woke up, and I had a revelation - no, it was not a mystical dream with angels talking to me or anything of the dramatic sort, it was just a realization that dawned on me - and I realized that I had gotten my priorities mixed up, and left God behind. I realized that there wasn't enough space for God and my habit to coexist, one had to give, and unfortunately, for that period of time, it was God that gave. In the light of my new understanding, I prayed and invited God back into my heart, and also prayed for the grace to give up that habit, and I have.

As I'm writing this post I realize that what I was doing was idolatory, not because of the act itself, but because I had unintentionally placed it ahead of God. It's so scary to think I was really serving another god at that time, we hear about it all the time - the Israelites, and even in our modern world - but we never think that could possibly be us.

So, think about it. Whatever it is that you may be giving more value to than God, knowingly or unknowingly, you have to cut it off. Remember, Jesus said in Matthew 6:24 that, "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." (NIV) And it doesn't have to be money.

Peace and love of Christ be with you all!

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