{"id":478,"date":"2025-09-29T05:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanakesewaadankwa.de\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2025-09-29T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T04:00:49","slug":"the-idols-we-sacrifice-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanakesewaadankwa.de\/blog\/?p=478","title":{"rendered":"The Idols We Sacrifice To"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Initially, I was quick to judge the Israelites for sacrificing their children to the god Molech. It seemed an incomprehensible and despicable act. However, with humility, I’ve come to see myself in their story. We are all human, and it’s a position of pride to believe we are somehow better than the characters in the Bible. Modern-day idols may not be physical sculptures, but they are just as powerful. They are the mindsets, values, and desires we place above God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been asking God to reveal my own idols\u2014the things I’ve willingly, and sometimes unconsciously, put before Him. Just like the Israelites, we don’t just worship these idols; we also sacrifice our children to them. This isn’t a literal sacrifice but a symbolic one. It means we sacrifice those things that are meant to be blessings to our lives and our bloodlines on the altars of our own self-made gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, one of the most persistent idols is societal acceptance. I’ve often found myself performing acts that don’t reflect my faith, such as choosing not to pray before a meal in public, just to avoid social discomfort. In those moments, I’m sacrificing the valuable act of blessing my food for the approval of others.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Israelites sacrificed their children to Molech because they had forsaken God and deemed Him unworthy of worship. Similarly, we sacrifice our children\u2014our own blessings and the blessings of others\u2014to gain what we truly value. This might look like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n