It's always sad when one of our idols let's us down. Whether it's the superstar athelete, politician, or tv/movie star it affects us in more ways than we even realized. Our bubbles are burst, our expectations are lowered, and our mind becomes jaded by their failures and mistakes.

That's what happens when idols become more important than God. 

The Apostle Paul knew there was no validity and genuineness to idols and wrote about it several times in his letters to the churches under his supervision. Yet at the same time he recognized who was behind it all, that being the Satan. Paul knew that when people worshiped their false gods, they were actually being guided by demon powers. Idol worship brought man into contact with demons, not with God. Any thing offered to idols had been used to serve the purposes of demons and for that reason, could be considered a polluted thing.

In America we have created idols that seperate us from the holiness of God. These idols all have their personna and charisma and we pattern our lives after and emulate them. There's nothing wrong with having heroes, but if you are a partaker of the things of Christ by faith, there are some things that you dare not touch or let overshadow the presence of God in your life. God wants His people to be separated from all forms of evil and from wicked persons.

Why does God demand that of us? He does not want us to take a chance on being mislead and corrupted by the influence of people who care nothing about God. I believe that is why the whole tone of the Word of God is that there should not be an "unequal yoke."

One of the reasons why God commanded Israel to utterly destroy the wicked inhabitants when they conquered a city, was so the people of Israel would not be polluted and mislead by the heathen whose territory they were conquering.

People today are weaker today on separation from evil than we ever have been. We get so use to sin, that the strong convictions we once had in the church seem to be going out the back door. Everything that anyone wants to do today is alright. Why? We have lost sight of a holy God who wants His people to be a separate holy people.

I am sure there are many people who have run headstrong into some relationship, without the approval of God, who wishes they had not begun the relationship in the first place. It pays to listen to the Bible and follow its teachings and principles.

God takes holiness much more serious than we do in our lives. If it took the shedding of human blood to keep His people holy, he meant for blood to be shed. That is how seriously God takes the matter of His people living and associating righteously.

When we see God’s attitude toward separation in the Old Testament, it is not difficult to understand what Paul meant when he said, "Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers"- that means in business partnerships, marriage relationships and a host of other things.

Idolatry was a tremendous temptation in Corinth. It was a city of idolatry. Most people in the city were non-Jews- most of them being Gentiles. There were idol temples scattered throughout the huge city of Corinth. Idolatry was a great temptation there because of the peer pressure to be involved some way in its practice.

What does that have to do with us? We are tempted to idolatry, though there are not little images that we worship around our house.

-Idolatry is giving to any creation or human creation, the honor or devotion which belongs to God alone.

-Idolatry is giving human desire precedence or a greater importance than God’s will in our lives.

-Idolatry is defined as coveteousness in Colossians 3:5. To "covet" something is to desire something without due regard to the rights of others. A greedy desire to have more and to have something that belongs to someone else. The Bible says we are not to "covet" our neighbor’s wife in Exodus 20:17.

I believe it is best seen in our lives in two ways:

-Putting our will above God’s will.

-Your will can become your God.

If some one is going to accuse us of anything, let’s be found guilty of following the Lord wholly. Let’s give proper attention to Him and proper allegiance and follow after idols or false gods in and off this world. He has called us to be separated from an ungodly world and to know the fulness of His blessing. Let God be God in your life and break the stranglehold of the enemy. the devil is defeated when you allow God to be the Lord of all your life and refuse to let the enemy take control.