By our nature as human, we all have objects that interest us. This is a good thing; we’re supposed to be interested in things:

But grace perfects nature. Those of us who become Christians learn to see Christ in the things that interest us. We love him through them. For example, we might learn to love the poor because we see Christ in them:

Now, the saints learn to love Christ for his own sake. But some folks learn to see the things they love in Christ. They begin to value Christ because he adds value to those things. For example, we might learn to value Christ because he tells people to love the poor. This is a mistake:

But things really start to go to hell when we lose interest in Christ and immerse ourselves in the object only, certain that Christ has our back and will support us in everything we do:

At this point, we are no longer looking at him at all; and we will ride roughshod over anyone who disagrees, or has some object of interest that we dislike.

So don’t do that.