2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement has the temple of God
with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, "I
will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they
shall be My people."
According to ancient Jewish legend, one day Abraham was shown his
father, Terah's room of many idols. Young Abraham, thinking that perhaps he
could discover intimacy with them, made some desirable delicacies and
placed them before the idols. When nothing happened, he realized that these
idols were nothing more than clay -- they could do nothing for him or
anyone else for that matter. So he proceeded to destroy all the idols,
except for one.
When Terah received word of this, he went to Abraham and said,
"Son, what did you do to my idols?!" "I brought them delicacies," Abraham
replied, "and then the biggest idol became envious of the others, and
destroyed them all." Terah, furious with Abraham, said, "You're lying to
me! How can idols made by my own hands do such things?" "You're right
father." Replied Abraham, "Now tell me, then, why do we worship idols that
can not eat, drink or even move?"
This kind of idol worship may sound far removed from us, but we
too, have our idols. They may not be made of clay but they are very real!
The love of money, possessions, success, leisure, food, sensuality,
security and outward beauty -- the love of tradition and even our friends
and family -- the pursuit of our goals and dreams are among some just off
the top of my head. Most of these are not bad things in and of themselves,
don't get me wrong. But if we are not careful, they can all easily become
idols in our lives!
What is the object of our affections today? What takes up the
majority of our time, effort, and resources? These are our idols. Anything
that we allow to run our life becomes our god.
There is only One God we ought to be
worshiping -- and He will not have any other god's before Him! Let's crush
our idols today. We need to get right with the Lord so that we may be used
mightily for His Kingdom! (George, Baht Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah)
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