Let go of worthless idols

 Jonah 2:8 “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.”    Guilty!!  I have clung to many a worthless idol!!  I have an addictive personality.  I can become obsessed with things that are not of God.   When I was in the midst of my alcoholic behaviors, I was obsessed with making sure I had a supply of alcohol.  Alcohol had become my God.  Relationships can also become my “God”.   My physical fitness too, has become my obsession.  In AA we say anything that you put above your sobriety you will loose.   It’s the same for what we put above God.  When we seek God first and strive to do life His way, letting His word be a lamp to our feet; we let go of our pride and embrace the gifts He has given us. We stop obsessing over what we don’t have and start embracing what we do.   We start living in thankfulness seeing what we have is what’s supposed to be.   God haves us where he wants us.  Even if it’s not where we want to be.  Jonah needed to be in the belly of the whale so he could realign his thinking. Sometimes we need to be in the belly of the whale too.   “Those who cling to worthless idols, forfeit the grace that could be theirs.”   Let go of the worthless idols and cling to the grace of Jesus!!