When Good Becomes God: Restoring Proper Order

When we allowed good to become God, the consequences are usually felt by those around us the most. You see, that good thing that you have, it causes our good intentions to ultimately become corrupt. It consumes us, and that good becomes our ultimate goal. And we will do anything to achieve it, to hold on to it, and to save it. We will step on, around, and over anyone that gets in the way of that. We will do harm to anyone because that good has become what is most important and that good has now become our God. [00:38:24] (82 seconds)  #GoodBecomesGod

So, across the biblical narrative, idolatry is consistently presented not just as some religious infraction, but as a destructive force that degrades human dignity, damages communities, and separates humanity from the creator. Let that sink in for a minute. I think we have a lot of examples of that. Now, that's gonna lead to the one thing for today. When something matters than what matters most, it's an idol. When we allowed good to become God, the consequences are usually felt by those around us the most. [00:37:26] (70 seconds)  #IdolatryDestroys

You know that bumper sticker that says, God or Jesus is my co pilot. Now, every time I see that, I just shrug, put my head down and say, hey, that's the wrong order. I just wanna roll the window down. Wrong order. Because if they're the copilot, that means that someone else other than God or Jesus is the one driving. And, I'm sure it's not a hook from driving this daisy. So, it must either be you, not a good idea, or it must be the enemy. That's an even worse idea. [00:24:11] (41 seconds)  #GodInTheDriverSeat

See, when he was back in his rightful place, everything just fit like a glove. I changed careers to one that was more suitable to me. I met my beautiful and lovely wife of over twenty five years. I had kids. I started to think of others before myself. I love to learn properly as well as unconditionally. Loving those around me, my neighbors, if you will, all because proper orders was restored to my life. Now, you cannot love God but yet fail to love your neighbor. That's out of proper order. [00:29:03] (62 seconds)  #LoveGodLoveNeighbor

Now, from where do we get our satisfaction? Is it in our kids or our spouse? Propping them up as good is only harming them as well as you. You look to your kids for fulfillment of the dreams that you had that you had but didn't achieve. what that's gonna do is that's therapy for them later on in life, just waiting to happen. I was told my kids, hey, when we raise you, I wanna raise you one of for one of two things to transpire. Either I'm partisan of Jesus in you that it's all good or that I wanna make enough money so that could pay for the therapy if you need it. [00:41:08] (41 seconds)  #KidsNotDreams

Now, to put it bluntly, it struck my ego. So, I resigned from that PNC offer that I took for the better opportunity to work at Durham CA. Gentlemen, listen to me closely. Okay? When your wife tells you that her spirit is disturbed, listen. My wife said, I don't think you should take that. I don't think you should do that. And you know what I did? I took the job. See, she was in tune to the holy spirit. But me, I knew it was best. Within a week of arriving there, I would discover that the president was cooking the books. So I had to resign. [00:48:30] (55 seconds)  #ListenToYourSpouse

You see, I had prayed for some time for God to give me the opportunity to help my family. And he did. Then I promptly took his blessing of provision and then turned it to my idol of wanting to be important and allowed it to nearly ruin us financially. Now, I worked a few temp jobs in accounting and HR for different companies and prayed, Lord, please fix this mess. my arrogance posthaste. Three months later, I started working a full time job again at PNC, but at a different department. Proper order restored. Now let's go back one more time to that one thing. Okay? When something matters more than what matters most, it is an idol. What matters most to you? Take a moment, reflect, and recognize the opportunities where God may be speaking to you. Asking yourself, are you putting him first? [00:49:33] (89 seconds)  #DontIdolizeSuccess

That was her tenth birthday. That's how I remember the day. I'll never forget that. You see, I was so focused on my career, or lack thereof, someone, that I lost perspective because I was out of order, which caused me to hurt my baby girl. Every year on May 7, I wish her happy birthday first and then I apologize. Again. Her response, it's changed over the years. She has always forgiven me but as she became an adult, her response now is this, I know you love me because you have always been there me and that has been more than enough. [00:45:18] (45 seconds)  #PresenceOverPerfection