Old Tools from Old School Still Work
This is a hard world to live in, especially if you want to live a holy life. As a guy who has more and more history to sort through (seems I get older every day or something), it’s easy to think that this world is harder to live in now than ever. Temptation seems to be everywhere, and sin more easily accessible. And yet, when I think back, I know temptation for me should have been hardest when I was a single guy back in college. I also know that I tend to remember only the good things from my past, so that colors my perspective. Soooo, I started thinking back to how I dealt with my hard to live in world. I remember a song that really did help me keep perspective and focus. It was an oldy from a singer named Russ Taff. A youtube search found this video (first song). I cringe at the 80’s style, but the song does it for me. It’s based on the story of three men who refused to bow down and worship an idol made in the image of the king of the land. They were thrown into a fiery furnace, but God rescued them from it unscathed. So Russ made this song, singing “NOT GONNA BOW TO YOUR IDOL!” I carried that phrase with me through many of my younger days. It helped me recognize the idols I was tempted by, and sometimes just recognizing that some of the things we want are idols is very helpful in resisting them.
BTW, for those of you who care, I’m pretty sure that’s Phil Keaggy on elec.
Tags: Idolatry, Idols, Russ Taff
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