… do it all for the glory of…me?

What is the first thing we think and do when we wake up in the morning?
What do we desire the most?
What worries us the most?
What is our greatest fear?
What makes us very sad?
What makes us very happy?

All the questions above can help us find out who or what we worship every day. For we humans are worshipping beings. There is always something we desire the most. Either ourselves, our money, our career, our study, or even our relationship with another human. All these temporal things fill our lives every day.
Well is it wrong to do this stuff? No. We may and must do that, even anything! But...

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.
“I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive”
1 Corinthians 10, 23

But not everything is beneficial…
But not everything is constructive…

We need to examine our heart. What is our real motivation behind doing things?. And whether or not they are already becoming our desire. And speaking of examining our heart: It is very important not to rely on our heart. Because our heart is deceitful*. Our hearts will just always prompt us to do things we like. But the word of God is honest. It speaks the truth. Once again, not everything we do is beneficial. And not all of it is constructive. For we must do anything for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10, 31). The One, eternal Creator who has died and risen for our eternal soul. If we realize, that our hearts are not worshipping Him, but other things, and if we want to humble ourselves asking Him to solve this issue in our heart, He will help us examine it and reveal the truth to us. Yes, He will. He does. He did. Sometimes He had to take back what belongs to us or the blessings He gave to cleanse our hearts. In the end of the day all we need is His mercy.

*in reference to the book ‘Don’t Follow Your Heart’ by Jon Bloom.

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