Idols

You may be sitting here thinking "Hm....Idols.....I don't worship idols, I don't need this post." When I say idols, I don't mean like cows and chickens or golden animals and statues.  No, I mean what do you do in the morning? What's the first thing you do? A lot of you get ready to go to work and school and start your day off with getting dressed and brushing your teeth. But when you have a morning where you don't have to get up early to get to work or school, what's the first thing you do? Text? Play a video game? Skype? Anything?

 Well, I know when I get up in the morning, I like to check my YouTube channel before doing anything. I like to see how many views I gained and how many more subscribers I got. It's my thing to go to in the morning. That doesn't seem like a idol, but I do it before doing anything else. That means I am doing it before reading God's word. That makes it a idol. You put it before doing anything.

 Videos may seem small, but when you put it before reading the Bible, it's a MAJOR deal.

 From now on I try to read the Bible before checking my YouTube channel. Everyone should try to fit in the Bible. Maybe you should start a little schedule where you don't do anything until you read one verse of the Bible. It will be hard to stick to, but it's possible.

 I remember, about a year ago I got addicted to this game, Howrse. I loved it. The first thing I did in the morning would play on it. In the afternoon I would play it for hours. It meant the world to me when I earned a lot of money or gained a special item. It got so addicting that I wanted to play it instead of going to Church. It became a major problem. I got really high in that game. I was close to the best player on the game, but at that point in the game, I lost something called "Karma points" for talking about Jesus. You began with 10 karma points and I lost 3 for talking about Jesus. I lost some privileges I had before and got so sad. I decided to quit. So I did. That game was a HUGE idol though. When I think of idols, that's the first thing that comes to my mind "The game Howrse". I look back on that game and think "It was Satan trying to get me addicted to the game. I got addicted, but as soon as I mentioned Jesus, I lost everything." Don't EVER let anything become that important to you.

 I like YouTube and making videos for it, but I much prefer going to church or my Youth on Wednesdays. 

What are your idols?