People may look at the title and think I’ve finally lost it lol but let me explain.
In the book of Exodus (34 vs 14) we see God telling the israelites not to worship any god aside from Him because He is jealous. In that day and age other gods were far from scarce and hard to find, whether they be golden calves or ashtoreth poles. Now, people think because they are not bowing their heads down to a pole or random statue that they are not arousing God’s jealous nature. Wrong! So many times we idolise man made things (phones, social media etc) and allow them to take presidence over reverence to God (i.e. texting/whatsapping in church). At times we even worship mere humans like ourselves. We must stop this. God must be above all things. Seldom would we interupt a conversation with friends for something insignificant so why do we do this with God. All these materials and people can do nothing for us in light of eternity.
Now I am in no way saying we should become unsociable hermits but we are told to cut off whatever causes us to sin right? If you are honest with your self and know that time with your phone outweighs time with God, discipline yourself and cut it off for some time, same with social media. If you know that your admiration of someone is becoming dependence to the point where you are giving them what belongs to God, cut that tie (easier said than done I know but with God all things are possible).
Worship God and God alone, He is the only one worthy of complete devotion. Once we submit ourselves to Him, He will grant us the wisdom on how to deal with everything else. We can only hear from Him when we are still.