"You shall have no other gods before me."

  I was reading a book recently by Alistar Begg. The chapter that I was reading was covering the command, "You shall have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3) We see so often in the old testament that people were worshiping things like: bronze, gold, wood, and stone. These were what their "gods" were made out of, things from the earth. But something that we may not be so familiar with in today's day and age is that our personal "gods" that take precedence in our lives can be the very people that we find ourselves close with. It says in Luke 18:24-30:

  Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
  Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
  Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
  Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”

  Our deepest concerns are for the people who are closest to us. Who doesn't honestly care about their parents? Or their children? Or their best friend?
  Now is our time to help encourage our loved ones that Jesus' loves them so much more than we ever could.

  "I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— and his interests are divided." (1 Corinthians 7:32-34a)

  No matter what kind of relationship you're in right now. If you believe that Jesus is Savior, then please remember that He loves you more than anyone on this earth ever could. Don't let someone's opinion or status or love pull you away from your relationship with Christ. Because if you are, then that person that you're concerned about is the one you're idolizing. Remember, that He loves you deeply and that He is a jealous God. (Exodus 20:5)       ^_^