We spent most of last week in Chicago at the New Life Bible Conference.  There I shared the platform with Thabiti Anyabwile and Hensworth W. C. Jonas.  One of the great aspects to the conference is the book table supplied by Reformation Heritage Books.  For the last few years the folks at RHB have supplied to the conference an excellent resource table, filled with some of the best books on theology and living you can find anywhere.  In fact, this year the book table was extra special because available for the first time anywhere were three books:  Glory Road, May We Meet in the Heavenly World, and Dancing with Idolatry:  Are you Bowing to a False God? The last book is written by Hensworth Jonas and is an insightful and challenging look at the subtly of idolatry and how easily we all fall prey to it.  I recommend you pick up a copy and read Jonas’ sobering analysis.  One of the ways he advises against dancing with idolatry is to see all of life as worship to Christ.  He writes:

The saints of God should never have a life that is compartmentalized.  We do not have a religious life and a secular life.  We are to live a Christian life in all areas of life.  Whether the context is the meetings of the church or the busyness and business of the marketplace, our Lord and our faith must be with us all the time.  Do not magnify anything in the your life above Christ.  Christ should not merely be a part of your life.  Christ must be your life.  Let Christ be the reason why you do anything that you do.  This will reserve all devotion to Christ alone.  If you are taking a walk, walk to the glory of Christ.  If you are taking a trip, travel to the praise of Christ.  If you are doing any assignment, work to the honor of Christ.  If you open your mouth to talk, exalt the name of Christ in whatever you say, and let it be edifying to all who hear it.  Saturate your life with the love of Christ.  If someone cuts you, bleed the love of Christ.  You will never bow to an idol if the Lord Jesus Christ is magnified in every aspect of your life.