Ideals Hiding Idols?

The deception of sin is such that sin can masquerade as righteousness.  Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light in order to achieve his ends.  Wrong masquerades as right, and, to those who are deceived by this, their righteousness in their own eyes hides from themselves a multitude of their own sins.

Our flesh is so weak that we are unable to discern the hidden idol at the heart of what appears to us to be righteous in our own selves.  Therefore it behooves us as believers in Jesus Christ to implore the help of God to reveal to us our own idols, and to give us the power to disable and destroy them.

Every one of us ought to look over all our bright and shiny personal ideals and high-sounding personal goals, and look for dark sides that we haven't clearly seen before.  These secretly empower our lusts, discontent, and personal conflicts.  Only the power of Christ can deliver us from all this and bring peace.