It's a long story but I'll try to summarize it. My parents sell toy models of cars online, my parents have me manage most of the sales and I get to keep one of each of the cars that we sell, so by now I have a collection of over 150 toy cars. This toy collection is shared with my siblings. I also make all the decisions about what new toys we sell, and I have caught myself buying cars that I wasn't sure was a good business decision but I bought anyway because I wanted to add it to my collection. I have been very worried over the last week or so because I am afraid that I made my collection an idol and I have been been thinking that God wants me to that sell the whole collection. (Prior to this past week there were days that I thought about nothing else but my collection)My worry is that I don't want to be like the young rich ruler who Jesus told to sell all of his possessions and give the money to the poor. What is the best thing for me to do here? I don't know because of few reasons, I share the collection with my siblings so it is not just my property, the way the toy business goes is everything is limited edition so in order to keep sales going you must constantly be buying new products. And the toy sales are at least 80% of my family's business and if I stop selling them we will go bankrupt. I have been lacking sleep recently because of this, because the Bible says that idolaters will not inherit the kingdom of God. Also I don't want to sell the collection because my younger siblings will be very sad as they enjoy playing with them. But if it is necessary to serve God then I will sell the collection. Is God convicting me about my sin of idolatry? And if so what should I do?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
Thank you in advance for your advice.
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