My Functional Savior

I've been thinking about Jesus. I listened to a sermon on line and it got me thinking about the first of the ten commandments. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. All my sins start with the breaking of this one. Let's say, for the sake of argument, I tell a lie. The question is, why did I lie? I lied because for a moment the approval of someone else or my own self esteem was more important than God. I have a Savior in my head but sometimes my functional savior is something other than Jesus and that is a problem. If I think the thing that makes my life worth living is my family then that is my functional savior. If I think that my job makes my life worth living or my car or my self esteem or my pleasure or my health then that is my functional savior. I need Jesus to be my savior not only in my head but I need Him to be my functional Savior. Ever since I heard that sermon I have been thinking of Jesus more. It has been a good couple of days. It is amazing how things fall into place when Jesus is my real Savior and He is the one who makes my life worth living. Come Sunday and you will probably hear more about it. I just can't get it out of my mind.