"They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, & they worshipped & served created things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised. Amen." (Romans 1:25)
When I read this verse the other day, my first thought was that it describes our society well. It's easy to apply there.
But, it doesn't stop there. It's not just for the world out there.
If we take a couple of minutes to think about it, we can see where we've done this in our churches & in our own lives.
We've exchanged the truth of God's Word for a lie. The lie often just subtle enough that we don't even realize right away. Or, in a desire to make the gospel most comfortable, we downplay what it actually says about something. Or we take something out of the context it was written in to make it say what we want that it doesn't actually say.
We've worshipped created things rather than the Creator. We have celebrity pastors & worship leaders - & then we're shocked when they fail. We let preferences divide & we see ours as the right ones.
But, let's make this even a little bit more personal for a few minutes.
We do this in our own lives. We believe lies rather than the truth. Sometimes we've intentionally chosen to. And sometimes we got a little off course at the start & now we're really far off course.
We've worshipped created things. We worship money, material possessions, power, a specific body type, health, etc.
So, we're left with some challenging questions:
Are there places in your life where you've exchanged the truth of God for a lie - either knowingly or unknowingly?
Are you willing to turn from those lies & turn back to God's truth - even if the truth is hard?
Are there places in your life where you're worshipping created things rather than the Creator?
How can you turn back to worshipping the Creator?
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