Father, May I Create Idols? – Idle Idols – May 6

Father, May I Create Idols?
May 6, 2021

Idle Idols

Psalms 135:5-6; 15-18, ‘Next to every other god, our God is unequaled. For our God is incomparable! He does what He pleases with unlimited power and authority, extending His greatness throughout the entire universe! The unbelieving nations worship what they make. They worship their wealth and their work. They idolize what they own and what they do. Their possessions will never satisfy. Their lifeless and futile works cannot bring life to them! Their things can’t talk to them or answer their prayers. Blind men can only create blind things. Those deaf to God can only make a deaf image. Dead men can only create dead idols. And everyone who trusts in these powerless, dead things will be just like what they worship—powerless and dead!

I will not forget some words one of my daughters spoke to me a handful of years ago. We were actually at a Sam’s Club, waiting in a long line to fuel. She had such an intense and faraway look in her eyes and her words were passionate and raw. My daughter loves Jesus so very much, and for her, the relationship is palatable and pulsating, as she knows personally, a faithful God Who is alive and Who has rescued her from much pain and heartache. She expressed to me her confusion that people could choose to create and idolize and worship dead ‘gods’ when there is a living and powerful God Who is so apt to step in and be fully present in our lives. How does one pray to Baal or a golden calf, a bank account or a prestigious job, a persona or material possessions when all of those ‘things’ are not breathing and personal, available and willing? Even another human being cannot be a savior to any one of us because we are all human and we will make mistakes and we will fail one another. Only Almighty God is truly faithful and loyal and unfailing.

How powerful to have as our personal friend, a heavenly Father whose desire is to be so present to His children. Wouldn’t we choose to honor and worship the One Who desires to be actively involved in our lives, Who listens carefully to the cries of our hearts and participates in our needs and concerns, Who speaks peace into the calamity of our storms and victoriously carries us over hurdles, Who answers prayers and performs miracles on His children’s behalf. How awesome is this Living God!

I want to know the Father’s opinion about everything!
Won’t you JOURNEY with me this month as we ask our Father, ‘MAY I?’’