What Is in First Place? - Love Worth Finding - July 16
July 16, 2025 – What Is in First Place?
Judges 17:4-5
Sermon: 1809 The Sad Case of Vanishing Values, Part 2
Pray Over This
“Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah. The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.”
Judges 17:4-5
Ponder This
We are made for worship. When a person refuses the truth of God, he gets gods of his own making—he creates idols. We often look at idol worship like it doesn’t happen today, but it’s because we make our own. We like money, prestige, and success. We make it our sole aim in life to get those things, and sooner or later those things become the objects of our worship. We spend all our time and energy focused on those things instead of on the Lord. When physical things like health, pleasure, sports, and possessions start to steal our attention, we can make them into items of worship.
Anything you fear more, love more, serve more, and value more than God is an idol. Whatever you put in first place in your life is your god, but we were made to worship God alone.
- What are some of the things you give a lot of time and attention? How can those things be idols in your life?
- What are some of the challenges of worshiping God in all things? What needs to change for you to shift your focus toward God?
Practice This
Commit your worship to God alone and release the idols you have been holding onto.
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