As I was praying about the idols and the east gate of Colorado, I got the word cumbersome, which means: large or heavy therefore difficult to carry or use, unwieldy. Slow or complicated and therefore inefficient: Organizations with cumbersome hierarchical structures. Some synonyms are: bulky, burdensome, embarrassing, leaden, oppressive, unmanageable and weighty
I was praying about how to tear down those structures and idols and taking away their powers without the smashing and demolition. I found this:
Taken From Frances Frangipane (Elijahlist 08/03/23)
Destroying the Idols of Our Hearts
An idol is not an occasional sin; it is something that rules us and makes us its slave. For some, fear is an idol; for others, it is lust; for still others, it is rebellion or pride. Whatever challenges Jesus' right to our hearts becomes His enemy, which He will confront. Because of His jealousy toward us as His Bride, in regard to these false gods, the Lord demands we destroy these idols ourselves. (Photo via Pixabay)
From the above Scriptures we see that Jesus does not want us to "carefully" take down that hidden altar of sin so we will not break it; rather, He commands that we "tear down" what is offensive. He is not politely asking us to dismantle, bolt by bolt, our pillars of pride; instead, He demands that we "smash" them to pieces. When He shows us an inner idol, we must demolish it completely. We cannot secretly harbor the slightest intention of ever using that idol again. It must be destroyed.
But the false god of self-rule does not stand alone in man. The ancient god Mercury would be hard pressed to keep pace with today's gods of anxiety and haste. The world has taken its bloodlust out of the ancient Roman arenas and put it into violent movies. They have taken the goddesses of fertility from the Greek hillsides only to idolize sex in our theaters and televisions. What mankind has done is move the pagan temples from the high places of the countryside to the hidden places of the human heart.
If we exalt money, status or sex above the Word of God, we are living in idolatry. Every time we inwardly submit to the strongholds of fear, bitterness and pride, we are bowing to the rulers of darkness. Each of these idols must be smashed, splintered and obliterated from the landscape of our hearts. (Photo via Unsplash)
"I Am a Jealous God"
"...you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." (Exodus 34:14)
The Lord did not say He was, at times, jealous; He said His name, which reveals His nature, is Jealous. Right next to His name "I Am" is His name "Jealous." His love is not some ethereal principle of "higher cosmic consciousness." His love is focused upon us—actually jealous for us as individuals. "...He calls His own sheep by name..." (John 10:3). Jesus knows your name. He loves you personally. The fact that Christ is jealous for us as individuals, caring and providing for each aspect of our lives, and that He suffered humiliation and death on the Cross to pay for our sins, demonstrates how great a love it is with which He loves us. He gave all. He deserves all.
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