We are too civilized and educated to worship idols, aren’t we? We wouldn’t consider wasting our time carving a figure out of wood or stone and bowing down to it. The object would be blind, deaf, and dumb. Totally useless to help us out.
Then again, we may be guilty of something too similar more times than we realize. We carve out a living, put money into savings to fall back on later, purchase fine homes, automobiles, and a variety of toys. If we aren’t careful, we grow to depend on these things and spend the majority of our time striving to maintain the high standard of living we feel we deserve and to which we have become accustomed. We begin to trust in these things rather than in God.
At some point we must come to realize that we are depending on what our hands have created. We have become the creator and sustainer robbing God of the position only He deserves. He deserves it because He is a Sovereign God. In reality, the only One who can provide for us.We often take for granted the health and abilities He has given us that enable us to get up everyday and work to earn the money that buys all those other things. We forget that in one instant, our health could be gone. Lying flat on our backs we would be forced to stare upward begging God to provide for us, finally realizing that He was the provider all along.
Idolatry is not just a problem ancient people in far away lands were guilty of committing. If the truth be known, it is a sin we probably have all been guilty of at one point or another. If we ever wonder if a material possession, job, money, or even relationship means more to us than it should, it probably does.
Riches are not a sin but a blessing from God if gained honestly. It is our reliance on them instead of God that becomes a sin. I’ve heard it said before that we should hold loosely to all things on earth so that it won’t hurt so badly when God has to pry our fingers loose. In the end, it is only our trust in Christ that will save us, not any of our possessions. Only things done for Him will last into eternity. God’s word to Habakkuk over 2,500r 2,500
English: Contemporary English Version (1999) - CEV
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Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it?…For he who makes it trusts in his own creation;…Can it give guidance?….there is no breath in it.
But the LORD in in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Habakkuk 2:18-20Habakkuk 2:18-20
English: Contemporary English Version (1999) - CEV
Idolatry Is Foolish 18 What is an idol worth? It's merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made from wood or metal by human hands? 19 What can you learn from idols covered with silver or gold? They can't even breathe. Pity anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone, “Get up and do something!” 20 Let all the world be silent— the Lord is present in his holy temple.
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Our LORD is alive! Come before Him reverently and wait silently to hear what He has to say. Depend on His goodness totally and exclusively.
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