Before you answer that, let's think. I was just reading a classic by Henry Drummond, "The Greatest Thing In The World." He speaks of Jesus' teaching that, "If you love, you will unconsciously fulfill the whole law." He says, "Take any of the commandments. 'Thou shall have no other gods before me.' If a man love God, you will not require to tell him that. Love is the fulfilling of that law." That made me think.
From a secular view, a god is something that dominates a person. It can dominate from minutes, to months, to a lifetime. The god is what a person serves, obeys, or dedicates to. As I thought further, I realized that it is something that controls our time. It is our decision. That means it is what we "allow" to take our time. We can have a large collection of "gods" in our lives. And we can serve any number of them throughout a given day.
God gives us a lot of freedom. In that freedom we seldom have immediate accountability. When "legalism" makes us more faithful to God than does freedom, "legalism" becomes our god. If, in our freedom, we don't "dedicate" to our Creator, we are not recognizing Him as our God. There are many other gods out there: time, people, feelings, attitude, goals, pride, comfort... any number of "things." What He desires, in His relationship with us, is clear. We have become good at "brushing Him aside" in the midst of that realization, and bowing to another god instead.
Jesus said, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments." And HIS commandments will always lead us to Him, with his family of believers. The Body of Christ, His church, isn't complete without your dedicated presence. What is your god today?
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