The object of our affections
“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (2 Corinthians 6:16).
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 cannot 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!
(PR)