Day 2 | Bury The Idols
Read Joshua 24:14,23
At Shechem, Joshua didn’t just say, “Serve the Lord.” He said, “Throw away the foreign gods that are among you.” This tells us that some idols were still in their tents!
You can’t serve the Lord while hoarding potential substitutes. If we say, “I choose you Lord,” but don’t remove the competing idols, that statement is empty sentimentality.
But idols don’t always look overtly harmful. They quite often look reasonable.
Sometimes they are material: comfort, money, success, pleasure.
Sometimes they are ideological: politics, power, reputation, control.
Sometimes the idol is simply self: my will, my way, my kingdom.
An idol is whatever captures your affection more than God and shapes your decisions more than His Word. When Joshua told Israel “throw them away,” he meant something tangible. Bury them. Remove access. Cut off supply.
Repentance is not vague or general. It’s specific. It has to be.
Ask yourself:
- What did the Spirit bring to mind on Sunday?
- What have I been excusing or justifying?
- What would obedience actually require me to change?
No one drifts into freedom from idolatry. You must choose to step out of bondage and into freedom.
Today’s Practice:
Take one concrete action. Delete the app. Cancel the subscription. Confess the habit. Set the boundary. Have the hard conversation.
Don’t just feel conviction; bury the idol. Freedom begins where compromise ends.