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Isaiah describes how people made their own gods. He points out the absurdity of sweating and toiling to create a god that you can bow to and worship. What good is a god made by your own hands? As good as firewood, in Isaiahs view. It makes more sense to serve and worship the one who created us than to worship the things weve created. When its wood, stone, or metal, its easy to see our idols. Its easy to recognize the foolishness of worshiping something weve made with our own hands. But what are the things weve sweated and toiled over? Technology, government, movies, music. And there are other things we didnt make but can spend our lives on: nature and people, for example. Do Isaiahs words apply in these situations? We deceive ourselves if we trust in any of these things to give us hope or purpose. Only when we trust God first can any of these secondary things be worth our time and effort. There is great benefit in all these things, but if they become the source of our hope, we might as well be chiseling firewood.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 19:07:36 +0000

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