Struggling Well With Life

It is easy to believe that worshipping other gods is an Old Testament thing with golden calves, statues, and poles. It is easy to think that way, so that we don’t have to look at the things that we put before God. The author in Deuteronomy 13 is probing his readers love for God, our love for God, to discover if we love him with all our heart and with all our soul. And then he follows it up with an admonishment, “It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commandments and hold fast to him.” I hold on to a lot. I hold on to people, I hold on to things, I hold on to ideas, hopes, desires, wants. I hold on to a lot. I am praying this morning for the courage to let all these things fall out of my grip, so that I may hold fast to Jesus. Easier said, than done, but I am relying on the Holy Spirit to move me, strengthen me, empower me to hold fast today.