an idol??

Lately i've been feeling God's pull on my heart to examine my heart, my motives and especially my priorities.

As i was searching and asking God to reveal the problems in my personal life i noticed that the biggest thing i've been worshiping is me...

i've been making sure i'm comfortable...
making sure i'm taken care of...
that i have enough money...
that i get what i need and that i'm happy...

I haven't been letting God be first in everything i do...
I've been so selfish...

i have asked God to be the center of my life, and that He would take control of everything, but i didn't completely let that go of everything...

I keep trying to hold on to those things i think i can control...
i want to make sure that everything i do is going to work out, so i figure the best way to make sure things work is if i take control...

i've been so wrong...

i need to let go...

i need to be uncomfortable...
i need to give 100%...
no more apathy...
no more judgment....
i need to stop thinking i know what's best...
i need to serve more...
i need to sacrifice more...

I've made myself an idol...
and i've been worshiping that idol more than i worship my Creator...

maybe you know what i'm talking about...
maybe you are saying "that's is exactly where i'm at joe"

i'm not going to try and give you advice on this one...
i mean...
i'm just as guilty...

here is what God's word says...

Matthew 22:37-39
Jesus said to him, "you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love our neighbor as yourself."

Philippians 2:3-4
Let nothing bed done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interest, but also for the interest of others.

Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods before me.

John 3:30
He must increase, but I must decrease.

Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

1 Corinthians 10:24
Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

1 John 4:7
...let us love one another...