Have you ever found yourself selling God out for something more appealing? Just thinking about that question may cause you to stop in your tracks and say “No! I would never sell out God for anything. I would not be so foolish.” Are you sure? If I think about how many times I set aside spending time with God, whether that be in prayer, in the Word, sharing about Him with others, or just talking to Him, I am ashamed of myself. I may have decided to call someone I hadn’t spoken to in a while or thought that I could not put off a trip to the grocery store. In each of those instances, I was putting God aside for something else. I was telling God that those things were more important than Him.
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