{GREAT REMINDER}

I'm doing a fabulous bible study (Gospel Transformation) and came across this paragraph I love. It's a great reminder that I'm always putting things before God and yet He patiently loves me. We are constantly bombarded with the craziness of life... maybe this will remind you to rest in Christ alone today.

Saint Augustine summarized one of the great themes of Scripture, and thus all of life when he said, "You have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until we find our rest in you." God made us to be dependent on him for all we need. As creatures, God made us for relationships and worship. If we are not turning to God in worship, we are turning to something else. If we do not bond with God through the gospel, then we will bond to something else- something that promises to do for us what only the gospel can do. We hold to idols so tightly, and return to them so readily, because they appear to do the same thing for us that the gospel does. They become part of us in the same way that our heavenly Father should be part of us. Thus, when called to give up an idol, it feels as if we must amputate a limb.