Helmet of Awe

Every addiction, every life-controlling issue, and every sin is ultimately disordered worship. John Calvin said the human heart is a perpetual factory of idols. Exodus 20 opens with the God who already rescued His people: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out… You shall have no other gods before me.” Romans 1 shows what happens when we exchange the truth of God for a lie and worship the creature rather than the Creator.

This week you map your personal pantheon — the functional saviors you run to for comfort, control, significance, or escape. Name the specific lie each idol tells. Then replace it out loud with Exodus 20:3. Only the true God can satisfy the heart He made.