TEAR THEM DOWN
Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 16-20

"The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early years and did not worship the images of Baal...He was committed to the ways of the Lord. He knocked down the pagan shrines and destroyed the Asherah poles." 2 Chronicles 17:3, 6 NLT

Jehoshaphat did what a lot of us need to do--quit giving ourselves 'outs' in regards to this Christian walk we're on.

Throw away the little idols we keep in our closets, in case this 'God thing' doesn't work out.

Discontinue the thought pattern that leads us to believe God is our emergency plan.

Stop doing anything that causes us to use God as a crutch when we cannot go any further on our own strength.

It's with God, or it's without God. There is no middle road. There is no half-way. There is no mixing and matching of gods, little gods or the One True God. Our relationship with Him is not a buffet line where we pick up what we like, but leave the brussel sprouts of life off our plate.

It's high time we tore down the shrines and poles keeping us from being completely sold out to our Savior!