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#johnbunyan #idolsoftheheart #traditionsofmen #beyeseparate #comeoutofher 🙅🏻‍♀️🌎

[chellevunplugged]

03.08.16-"I am a jealous God." 💜 ✔️Early on this week, I had an epiphany about my character: I get jealous 🙈 Sounds so selfish of me. Throughout my walk with God, I've always sought contentment and actually found it easy to practice because I've never had to share affections with siblings or lacked attention from my parents since I grew up an only child. I've never had a problem making friends, loving others and others loving me back (to a certain extent...and FYI: I am not trying to boast about myself, just using this as a reference pt). Then all of a sudden I was put in a circumstance God tested my heart. He revealed to me a "dark crevice" where I could potentially build myself an "idol" of selfishness that would overshadow the alter of God in my heart. I can't deny the fact that it's been creeping back and forth every time I develop close friendships with others. So this time around it hit me HARD to the point it was hindering my relationship with God & with others. As I prayed for my heart to find peace, It's seemed as if God was not answering my prayers until I asked if my troubled heart was a result of sin. And he sure did reveal it, I WAS PRACTICING IDOLATRY of Self. My jealous 💜 was rooted in my lack of selfless love and dying to self. I could not let go of this heavy feeling until I could admit & confess of the sin hindering my walk. But God, and his amazing grace continually show me I am TOTALLY DEPRAVED, and in need of grace. Especially in my sanctification process. My brothers and sisters, God wants us to desire Him more than anything. He can rightfully say that "I am jealous God because you shall love me with all your heart, soul, mind, & strength." When we loose sight of the greatest commandment, then that's when we need to ask God, "Am I building any idols in my heart?" Sin causes us to build idols in our hearts, but I pray we listen to Joshua's reminder to the Israelites, “Now therefore, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”-Joshua 24:23. #godsatwar #idolsoftheheart #heartcheck #convictions #idolatry #epiphany