We ought not to be idol makers, but image bearers.
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No God Would…
We ought to have far more fear of God than we do of someone’s concept of God.
Recently, I just starting noticing (it’s been happening since…let’s see…creation?!) the number of concepts people communicate about God. On a weather site, the following comment was published:
If any GOD had any pull on weather [conditions] , We’d have beautiful days forever.
How common is this kind of statement? I’m reminded of Job’s friends who all thought they knew God. I’m reminded of the false prophets from Jeremiah’s day who were ousted by God in His revelation to Jeremiah. I’m reminded of…well…pretty much everyone, including myself, who has ever looked to an “image” of God, either molten or mental, as J. I. Packer says, thereby reducing His glory.
“I also withheld rain from you
when the harvest was still three months away.
I sent rain on one town,
but withheld it from another.
One field had rain;
another had none and dried up.
People staggered from town to town for water
but did not get enough to drink,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord. – Amos 4
Let us take care that we do not reduce God with statements like “No God would…” or “God wouldn’t” or [ad infinitum].
We ought to have far more fear of God than we do of someone’s concept of God.
My Precious…
We build and worship at the temples of e-commerce and retail. We bow down before the altars of product galleries. We attend the sermons of advertising and entertainment. We praise and worship with our hymnals of reviews and star rating systems. We give our tithes and offerings at checkout. We memorize the scriptures of sitcom and film dialogue. We participate with the shrine prostitutes of websites, movies, and HD/3D TV. We spread the gospel of hobbies and sports and food. We make disciples of product lines and baptize each other with name brand clothing and accessories. All the while, we claim things like, “there is no God” or “I love Jesus.” False and false: we’ve got gods, and they’re not Jesus. And the heart of it all? Self-glorification. We are gods. We need. We want. We deserve. Amen.
