Too much is simply too much!

What can we not live without? 

For the CHRISTian, anything besides God is an idol! In reality, we own nothing, so nothing should own us! Yard sales and garage sales are great in helping get rid of things we do not need but just keep around. Sell it. Give it away. Get rid of the junk! Garages, basements, and even storage containers for which we pay rent, are full of things we do not need. Why is that? 

Too much is simply too much!

Getting rid of the things that tie us down is important in life and especially in our relationship with our Lord. Idols tie us down  . . . hold us back . . . and cost us dearly in the long run. They take up space. They collect dust. They cost us time, money and even relationships at times. Idols pull us away from God!

Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’ 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey Me. They did not all cast away the abominations which were before their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. (Ezekiel 20:7-8)

Idols cost the Jewish people much in their relationship with God. What are they costing us today? Let's clean out our houses of things we are holding on to today . . . both physically and spiritually.  (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%2012%3A1-2&version=NKJV) 

Too much is simply too much! Let's run this race unhindered!