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Hi, I'm Chris Tufnell, a vicar in the Church of England
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As a teenager, I bought my first car, a battered old Fiesta
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It wasn't much, but I loved it because it gave me freedom and independence
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Soon after getting it, I was on my knees with a tube of teacut trying to rub out the scratches
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when my dad walked past and said with a twinkle in his eye
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you're bowing down before your tin idol. My only comeback was, it's not tin
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I know it was a bit weak. I think I knew he had a point. The Bible says that the root of the human problem is that we worship created things instead of the creator
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We bow down to things that promise us freedom, security or status
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whether that's wealth, a career, a relationship or a home. But in the Bible, we read that the devil showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world
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and promised him everything, if he would just bow down to him
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But Jesus refused. He said, worship the Lord your God and serve him only
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Jesus was unique. When faced with the greatest temptation, he never sold out
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And because of that, Christians believe his perfect life and record can now be credited to us
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who so often bow down where we shouldn't. The call of Christianity isn't to live an extraordinary life
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but to trust in the only one who ever has
