What is an Idol?

Mark Batterson does a great job of helping us identify the idols in our lives. I really like this line...

"In the beginning, God created us in His image. We've been creating Him in our image ever since."

Here is his list of ways to identify the idols in your life:

So how do you identify an idol? Here are four idol identifiers:


1) What consumes your thoughts? Your daydreams are idol clues. If it's something you think about more than God then it may be an idol.


2) What bad habits do you struggle with? Your addictions are idol clues. An idol is something you cannot control. It controls you.


3) What do you spend too much money on? Your spending habits are idol clues. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also!


4) What produces your strongest emotions? Your intense emotions are idol clues. If you want to identify an idol, all you have to do is identify your emotional attachments.


Identifying an idol takes a tremendous amount of soul searching. And you have to be brutally honest. But you cannot tear it down until you name it. If you're serious, I highly recommend Tim Keller's book Counterfeit Gods.

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Thanks Mark