I’m drawn to this quote by Martin Luther:
If your faith and trust are right, then God is the true one. Conversely, where your trust is false and wrong, there you do not have the true God. For these two belong together, faith and God. Anything on which your heart relies and depends, I say, that is really your God.
This means I can make a “god” out of just about anything.
But I may not be relying and depending upon the “true” God. This is living falsely.
And it’s probably only a matter of time before this falsity becomes evident.