False Idols, False Self

2 Kings 17:15 (NRSV) says “they went after false idols and became false.”

So the question for us is: What am I going after? or What am I worshipping? Wargames: The Dead Code divx Diana: Last Days of a Princess Godzilla psp

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Am I going after things (idols) that are false, empty, distorted, counterfeit, insignificant? If so, then I will become just like them. Why is that? Because we are giving value to the things that we go after. When we hold these things up as the things that we are going to devote our life and ambition to, they begin to define us. If these “things” are false then our life becomes false because they define us.

But, if we choose to go after what is true…we become true!

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8

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When we go after (worship and give value to) God, we will be defined by God. Only when we go after the One that is True, can we truly discover our true identity – not some false, empty, distorted idea of who we are.