What Were We Thinking?

Jeremiah 10:3-5 says,

"…For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. {4} They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. {5} Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."

    Are we not just like these pagan idol worshippers sometimes? It seems like we work so hard to create something that we think has such incredible value and then we let it run our lives. What is that? Why do we do that? We create a business that becomes something that occupies all of our time and energy and mental power. We create a program that requires everything we have to maintain it and we are consumed by the program needs. We work hard, save money, buy something really nice like a condo, timeshare, massive vacation, a boat, a lake cottage or a camper! Then we spend all of our time and energy planning around how to make the best use of IT! Certainly, we do not worship those things. Certainly, we do not let them power over us. Certainly, we don't spend everything that we have to maintain, preserve or improve our "idol" so that it will not topple over. And yet – often there is something that seems to draw us in like that.

What is it for you?

Jeremiah 10:6-7 says there is only One who is worthy of that type of worship. Only One who we can honor or revere that actually deserves it!

"No one is like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power. {7} Who should not revere you, O King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you."

 

There is no one like our God. There is no THING like our God! I am ascribing honor and glory to the only one worthy of worship – The Lord God Almighty is His name (vs 16)!