There are countless verses on idolatry in the bible; certainly too many to list in this blog
post. Many books have been written and countless sermons have been preached on this
topic and the simple reason for this is that God HATES it. Worshiping other things is the
most dishonouring thing we can do in God’s sight. Nevertheless, during my devotion
time a few months ago, God revealed to me another reason why he hates all forms of
idolatry.
Genesis 1:26-27 says, Then God said, ““Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the
heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he
created him; male and female he created them.” You see, we were made in the image of
the creator himself and no other living thing shares this characteristic. We are also called
to have dominion (which means to rule) over the land and sea and everything in it.
However, generation after generation, human beings have worshiped and served the
same things God created to serve them. As God’s very own image bearers, we sell
ourselves short when we worship food (Exodus 32:4, 1 Kings 12:28), money
(Ecclesiastes 5:10, Matthew 6:24), sex (Colossians 3:5) and even human beings
(Deuteronomy 4:15-20)! Idolatry is a form of self degradation and it is insulting to God.
When describing the idolatry of the Israelites in Jeremiah 2:11 & 13 God had this to say;
"But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols.- My people have
committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug
their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.” It is understandable that over
time, we can become so used to the things that provide us with pleasure and comfort
and whilst they might serve a need in our lives, they are most definitely are not worthy of
our worship. There is only one who deserves our worship. The one who was, who is and
who is to come. He is our source and our springs of living water. His name is YHWH.
Claud Jaiyeola
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