Isaiah 44:15-19 15 It is man's fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire; over it he prepares his meal, he roasts his meat and eats his fill. He also warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm; I see the fire."
17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, "Save me; you are my god."
18 They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, "Half of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread over its coals, I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?"
There, once again, is the thing about idols: They are things we make. Good things—necessary things, even—that our hearts have elevated to the status of “God.” And when we do that, the thing is transformed from something God intends for our good into something that brings about our own destruction.
It seems right at the time, putting our trust in some thing or circumstance. But idols deceive and lie. They cannot provide what they promise. They never have been able to do that. They never will. And one day, they will vanish.
The real God, the true Christ, is so much better than an idol. What Christ promises, He always delivers. What Christ says, endures. What Christ brings about no human being can take away.
What Christ gives is always good.
Don’t waste your trust on the idols any longer. Trust in the God who can—and will—deliver on His promises.
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