The Idol of Self Glory

John Bloom has a great post at Desiring God entitled Exposing the Idol of Self Glory. In it he writes:

In other words, they loved their positions and reputations more than they loved the truth—more than they loved God. So they "exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature (themselves) rather than the creator" (Romans 1:25).

We must remember that we do the same thing every time we distort or deny the truth for the sake of our own reputations. Self-glory is revealed to be an idol in our heart when the Lord presents us with an opportunity to glorify him by speaking the truth about our convictions or our sins, yet we are unwilling to do it for fear of what someone else will think of us.