Idols

Noone may have thought of this before, and some may even think it's an "offbeat" point. But once I explain, see if it's valid.The Bible pretty much describes an idol as anything we put ahead of God,or think helps us more than God. Now,you may think of an idol as a statue someone prays to.But ,what I'm looking at now, the people who, when they drink coffee in the morning, they make a statement,"I couldn't make it through the day if not for the coffee."Now isn't that implying that it's the coffee, not God, who gets them through the day?Like, by saying"I "CAN'T"make it through the day without the coffee, isn't that a lack of faith in God getting them through the day?{Like, they need a little backup from the coffee, God isn't enough for them.} Who gets them through the day, God, or the coffee?So if they're trusting more in the coffee, isn't that, technically, idolatry?Because you're trusting it, instead of God, to give you the nessesery energy.{At least how they word it.}If someone likes coffee,and drinks it, that's fine.But making statements like that's your source of help rather than God,that's another story,and to me, if you put something before God, it's a form of idolatry,even if it's not a statue.Enjoy your coffee..Just rely on God, not the coffee, to get you through the day.

 

[Saraha]

I have been taught that anything you put before God is idolatry. So I would say the person who says that, is putting the coffee before God. God bless




I trust you Jesus

 

[Reetah]

Well written. It should be said Praise God for providing this good coffee. Praise God that I am able to drink this coffee. Praise God that I can digest this coffee and by the mighty power of God is giving me the energy not poison, and not being detrimental to the health making you jittery or the blood pressure goes up. So Mighty God is all and is providing us with the energy to survive not the coffee. And who provided the coffee????? Who made the coffee beans grow??? Who provided the energy for the trees and vegetation to survive and grow? The Mighty Hand of God is behind all creation.









We should start being more thankful and show appreciation more to God for providing us what we inhale the oxygen we breath. You can drink tanks of coffee but without oxygen no one will survive so Almighty God is all. Praise be Almighty God. There is no God except God.




Well written Saraha God blessings on you

 

[oswalda]

Beautifully explained! In Jesus name May God Bless you Amen