Good Desires Can Become Dangerous Idols

Good Desires Can Become Dangerous Idols

Zechariah and Elizabeth longed for a child, a good and natural desire. Yet, they did not allow this longing to take God’s place in their hearts. It’s easy to let even good things; family, success, health, or relationships, become ultimate things, shaping our identity and our view of God. When our desires become demands, they can quietly turn into idols, leading us away from true worship.
God invites us to bring our deepest hopes and disappointments to Him, but He also calls us to love Him above all else. True worship means trusting God with both our joys and our sorrows, refusing to let any desire, no matter how good, define our relationship with Him. Examine your heart: is there a good thing you’ve started to love more than God Himself? Surrendering even our best desires to Him is the path to freedom and deeper trust.

Deuteronomy 11:16-17 (KJV): “Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.”

Reflection: Is there a good desire in your life that has begun to take God’s place in your heart? What would it look like to surrender that desire to Him today?

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