Written by Laurie Beth Jones, a contemporary author. This is an excerpt from her book “Jesus, Entrepreneur.”
I suspect that each of us has a bull in our closet…the bull that we melt all our energies into and then worship and serve. We are a society of bull worshippers—the headlines shout it out every day. For some of us the bull is power, for some of us it is fame—fortune—financial success—beauty—sex—acceptance—“being liked.” Our bull not only sleep in our closets, they snort and stomp in our calendars, demanding to be put at the top of our priority lists. No matter how much we feed them, they always want more…We must learn to recognize—and control—our own “bull.” Are we, through daily activities, honoring God or just feeding the beast?
Prayer:
Written by Scotty Smith, a contemporary pastor and author.
Have mercy on me, Father, and free my foolish heart from giving anything or anyonethe attention, allegiance, affection, and adoration you alone deserve. The fact that I’m “beloved, one of your “dear children”—forgiven, secure, righteous, and beloved in Christ—should be all the motivation I need to keep myself from any form of idolatry. May the gospel of your grace relentlessly expose and dethrone all “empty nothings” from my heart. May the beauty and bounty of Jesus so fill my heart there’s little room leftover for anything else. So very Amen I pray, in Jesus’ most worthy and loving name. Amen.
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