buttercup
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This topic reminds me of the song "Gotta Serve Somebody" by Bob Dylan.
It's really true that people who don't honor God will inevitably substitute God with something lesser. For the sake of argument we can call that lesser entity a false god.
That false god can be anything they put first in their life. Money, a person, politics, sex, drugs, alcohol, or it can be themselves. A lot of people think of themselves as their own god. Anything that a person puts first in their life becomes their "god."
The problem with that is, it's in opposition to reality. There IS a power greater than you. Whether you acknowledge that highest power or not. I've learned that wisdom and life doesn't even begin until you stop fighting reality and just accept it.
So as the song says, you're gonna have to serve somebody...
And my answer to that is what Joshua said:
It's really true that people who don't honor God will inevitably substitute God with something lesser. For the sake of argument we can call that lesser entity a false god.
That false god can be anything they put first in their life. Money, a person, politics, sex, drugs, alcohol, or it can be themselves. A lot of people think of themselves as their own god. Anything that a person puts first in their life becomes their "god."
The problem with that is, it's in opposition to reality. There IS a power greater than you. Whether you acknowledge that highest power or not. I've learned that wisdom and life doesn't even begin until you stop fighting reality and just accept it.
So as the song says, you're gonna have to serve somebody...
And my answer to that is what Joshua said:
"And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”