Words to Live By - You Shall Have No Other gods // May 10th

we we chase after other things, but these things don't satisfy. They don't touch the place that only God can touch. They don't bring a sense of wholeness. Maybe momentarily, but it does not happen deeply, and it definitely does not last. And listen, no person or no thing can bear the full weight of our worship. No thing or no person can bear the full weight of our desire for worship except the lord. He's the only thing that can carry it and what will happen is is if we settle is we will either end up disappointed in someone or something or ourselves. [00:22:07] (39 seconds)  #OnlyGodSatisfies

So God is calling the people of Israel, and he's calling us into exclusive relationship. He's revealing that to serve him, to follow him, to worship him is to worship him alone. He wants all of you. He wants it all and nothing less, and he'll settle for no love lovers. This is not a a game of, like, he wants to be third wheel and just tag me along, I just want to be in the car for the ride. He wants to be at your center. He says, nothing shall come between you and me. You shall have nothing take any place any nothing shall take my place in your life. [00:15:01] (46 seconds)  #WorshipGodAlone

No. It's not that. It's it's because we were made in such a way that only the living god can truly satisfy the deepest longings of our heart. That's why he's the only one, and he's the only way. He's actually jealous. There's an old song that we used to sing back in early ten ten February. He's jealous for me. He's jealous for you because he knows that you are at your best when he's at your center. We are so wonderfully made that only the infinite, holy, powerful, gracious, eternal god can fulfill us. He's he's not a possessive, threatened, insecure lover. We were just made for him. [00:17:14] (50 seconds)  #MadeForGod

And the same is for us today. You will feel the most free from sin when he's at your center. What does it look like to be free from sin? And to live in that newfound freedom? To have no other gods before him. Because you will feel the most free when you do so. You will feel the most whole. So what happens then when we don't obey? When we put something else in his position. When something else takes up the throne of our heart other than God. We lose. We end up unfulfilled, and we settle for less. [00:18:59] (40 seconds)  #FreedomInGod