Jeremiah 1-3

"If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers–would you now return to me?" declares the LORD.

"Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame. Have you not just called to me; 'My Father, my friends from my youth, will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?' This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can."

These verses really spoke to and convicted me this morning. I was reminded of the need for me to come before God every day and ask him to search my heart for the idols in my life. And as far as I am concerned, idols are any little thing in my life that takes my focus away from God.

I have noticed that many people are very much unaware of the idols in their lives, even though they may be very apparent to me. If that's the case, the same must be true for me.

It says in this verse that if I hold onto my idols and refuse to feel shame and repent of them, then God will withhold his blessings from me. At that moment, it does not matter how I pray to him. I can say all the Christian things that pops into my head. Say that I love God. All the praise in the world will be empty to God, because I have not repented of my sins.

I cannot be a blessing to others, if God does not bless me. And I do desire to be a blessing to all the people God has put in my life.

Let's allow God to truly search our hearts for any idols in our lives this day. And when he reveals them to us, let us not make excuses that so many other people have the same exact idols. Whatever idols we get rid of, God will fill that void with his eternal love. Praise God:)