Jesus, Not A Poor Substitute.

We have all seen many videos much like this. Some are like this where a statue or picture of the Virgin Mary is "miraculously" crying. Or it may be a statue of a crucifix and Jesus starts somehow bleeding from his forehead where the crown of thorns have been placed or from his hands, feet, or side where he was stabbed with the Roman soldiers spear.

I came across this news story the other day and at first I just sort of laughed. However the more I thought about it I really felt bad for those people. They put all their trust and faith into an object that is cold dead and lifeless. Instead of putting their faith in God they put their faith in a functional or substitute savior that can get them through this life. They would rather worship created things rather than creator God.

What about you? What is it in life that you put ahead of worshiping Jesus? It could be work, T.V., food, your spouse or kids, maybe even your ministry? Thing is, we tend to put a lot of things ahead of our worship, love and faith in Jesus. Many time it happens and we don't even mean for it to but it does. It's good to take inventory of your priorities and make sure that you're putting Jesus first and not some poor substitute.