Where is your comfort, your refuge?

This is my notes on an article written by Rick Thomas on why we run from one thing to another to find comfort. This is a false gospel or an idol in our lives. We think of idols as something people had long ago but actually we have idols we look to do for us what only Christ can do for us, meet our needs. These idols can even be good things. Here are my notes.

The counselee was a man who was caught up in the internet sin and stopped that and then gained 30 pds. These are the things the counselor helped him with and the Spirit worked in His heart.

The soul that is not at rest needs an occasion to escape to a place from running our own world.

Control - The person who is needing to control a situation does not fully trust God.

Comfort - We seek comfort, rest, security and peace in something besides God. This is our comfort zone. We fight to maintain control because we don't want to lose our comfort.

fear - insecure. Low grade of insecurity motivates us to find comfort or security in things other than God.

unbelief - The biggest idol of them all and the one which leads our fears, which motives us to crave comfort and which motivates us to seize control was unbelief. This man had an unhealthy fear of God. He would never have admitted it but he had to see it.

TASTE AND SEE THE LORD IS GOOD-He saw the corruptness of his soul and how he had been in a slumber as in his relationship to God for years. He renewed his mind in who God is. God is not safe but He is good. He will challenge us in many ways but will not harm us.

The man began to have a distaste for the things of this world, cravings for personal comfort and control. He became bibically risky in the Lord. We begin to trust God in ways we never have before.

Our refuge is in prayer, bible reading, honest conversations.

We have a servants heart, we spread the love of God to others in tangible ways.

Question-Is God first and satisfying or are we finding refuge and in other things?  When things happen, when you are upset or your world is falling apart where do you run, to what for comfort?  Jesus is our comforter....