What defines us?

In Jeremiah 2:26 - 28 we read,"As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced— they, their kings and their officials,their priests and their prophets. They say to wood, 'You are my father,'and to stone, 'You gave me birth.'They have turned their backs to me and not their faces; yet when they are in trouble, they say,'Come and save us!' Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah."

Jeremiah tells us that we take something good and use it to define us. We look to it for meaning, worth and even for out existence. We look to it for our salvation. What are the good things that we are looking to for our meaning? Is it our job, our family, our church, our pension, our possessions, our work for the Lord?

God as our Father must be the One to do all of these things.