I the Lord your God, am a jealous God.

Exodus 20:1-6, Then God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.”

The idea of making an idol, an image of some creature, probably hasn’t occurred to most of us. There are other more subtle ways that this can happen through our own possessions. Do we control our possessions or are there some of them that control us? He wants us to put Him first in our lives, and it is easy to get distracted. Sometimes it’s hard even to recognize what is distracting us. He can open our eyes to see where these distractions lie.

Lord, open my eyes to see what is distracting me from delighting in You, and empower me to put You first!