Sweetly Accessorized?

What is wrong w/ a factory vehicle? Nothing. It came w/ all the gadgets necessary for it to run according to whom engineered it. Then, why is it that people add modifications and accessorize it according to their hearts desires?

We are beautifully made according to His Glory. Nothing fancy, but fully functional. Why is it that we begin to accessorize it? We add ashtrays, bottle holders, fancy chrome, loud speakers, flashy wheels, extravagant paint job. All of this stuff gets in the way of our Lord. It is our focus... our idol.

The byproduct of all such things is driven by pride, self-righteousness, glamour, attention, complacency, focus on ourselves; all idols that draw us away from the Lord our God. We have made ourselves into something that bears us down according to satan's way.

All this stuff is not needed for His glory, when in fact it gets in the way. We need His help to detach these meaningless products that seem so important to us. We need to empty these things if we are to be empty vessels. We need to become nothing... because w/out Him- we are nothing. He is the one that increases, that provides, that nourishes, that teaches, that ministers, whom speaks to us.

We need to tune that radio station to Him- not to the influential music that people listen to. We need to tune into the song into the song that He sings for us. I heard that a music instrument cannot reach out and reverberate other instruments, like that of a band, unless there is another instrument that is of the same tune; like that of a guitar. If you pluck one string on one guitar, another guitars thing will vibrate... but only the string of the same frequency. So, lets tune and focus in on whom comes to us and speaks to us. Its God that comes to us, we don't come to Him. We are merely answering His call.

We are all perfectly made, we do not need to make ourselves into an idol- either for ourselves or for other people. He is the one to use us- to fill us according to His Glory... but only if we are an empty vessel, will He will us to do the work He has set before us.