Daily devotion – 20th November 2021
Idolatry in our current modern age?
“You cannot serve God and money.” – Luke 16:13 NLT
Whenever we speak of idolatry these days people often dismiss such talk or terminology to third world countries or more primitive times. This is far from the reality that idolatry exists today, probably much more than even in those primitive times. How so you ask?
Firstly, the Bible records in Exodus 20:4-5, as one of the Ten Commandments, “You shall not make for yourself a carved image…you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.”
Almost anything can become an idol “idol” – something we worship and serve in place of God. It might be success, or pleasure, or possessions, or money, or anything else we let control our lives.
They are not necessarily wrong in themselves, but they become “idols” when we make them the most important things in life.
The Bible rejects idols for at least two reasons. First, idols are false. They cannot save us or change our lives for the better.
Second, idols cut us off from God. We substitute them for God – and as a result, we turn our backs on God and never come to know Him and love Him as we should.
Ask yourself, examine your own life, has any “idol” taken God’s rightful place in your life?
The very first commandment of the Ten Commandments is, ….to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, – Deut 11:13
He also commanded, “You shall have no other gods before Me – Exodus 20:3
Do not let an idol come between you and God.