Heart Idolatry

This is an extremely challenging quote from Timothy Keller, in his book Counterfeit Gods.

Archbishop William Temple once said, “Your religion is what you do with your solitude.” In other words, the true god of your heart is what your thoughts effortlessly go to when there is nothing else demanding your attention. What do you enjoy daydreaming about? What occupies your mind when you have nothing else to think about? Do you develop potential scenarios about career advancement? Or material goods such as a dream home? Or a relationship with a particular person? One or two daydreams are no an indication of idolatry. Ask rather, what do you habitually think about to get joy and comfort in the privacy of your heart?

Just think and ponder this quote for a little while and see if you have any idols in your life that you did not realize that you had. Sometimes we get caught up in searching for physical idols and forget that the heart is the root of those physical idols. Let us go to the root and destroy these idols from our lives!