The god of self

  Me.

  Myself.

  I.

  I wonder how many times a day I say those words. They fall from my lips so easily. Recently at church, we did a book study on Kyle Idleman's book gods at war. When we started the book I sincerely (and vainly) hoped there would not be a chapter on my biggest idol: me.
  Its hard for me to not love me. Its not that I am a super loveable person, its just that I live in my own skin. I cater to my needs and desires: pain, hunger, tiredness. Not that giving into any of those three sensations in necessarily a bad thing, its just when I let those things and others overrule the rest of my life. In Matthew 22:37-39 we read, "Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "(NIV).
  We are commanded to love God and to love our neighbor. When we focus on obeying God, we can forget about obeying ourselves. Then, by God's grace we can start fighting the god of me and obey the only God who deserves our obedience.