…covetousness is idolatry (Colossians 3:5).

To crave what someone else has is the ultimate form of idolatry.  Because you are bowing down to yourself.  Your wants become the ultimate thing in the universe and everything must come into orbit around you.

And that is the surprise — we can really know when we want to be god.  All we have do is look at how badly we want what other people have.  That’s it.

And that brings me to Twitter.  When you constantly hear what “other people are doing” how can your idolatry not flare up? That doesn’t mean Twitter is bad.  It means it calls for discernment.  Do you find yourself being agitated after a session of reading status updates?  Do you feel sorry for yourself?  Are you condescending and critical about other’s posts?

Twitter is not just a social networking tool, its a thermometer of the soul. Our consumption of tweets and how we react to them will say something about who we worship.  And that is why if you let it, other people’s posts can literally take our energy away.  Not because there is something wrong with their posts, but because there is something wrong with us.  We are self-worshippers.

So let me end this in 140 characters or less: u want 2 b God & ur self-salvation is reflected back 2 u by craving what others have.But Jesus can b greater 4 u by joining “what He is doing”