Daily Java: Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.
They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they set it up in its place, and there it stands; from that spot it cannot move.
Though one cries out to it, it does not answer; it cannot save him from his troubles. (Isaiah 46:6-7)
You work a job for almost 30 years and one day you are laid off for no real good reason. You still have your retirement, but it won’t kick in until you are 65, so for the moment, you are stuck.
You build your dream home and expect to live there forever and you have lost your job and it is gone.
You buy a new and expensive car, but with the payment and the insurance and the fact that it is a SUV and the gas is high, you can’t really go anywhere.
You set your trust in stuff and the stuff lets you down.
There is nothing wrong in trusting in your work or anything else. But when it becomes the focal point of your life, and troubles come – as they will – it cannot help you.
These guys pooled all their gold and silver and hired a guy to make them a great idol. After he did, they carried it to a special place and set it on a great looking pedestal. It was impressive. People came from miles around to see it. Newspaper articles were written about it and it was on TV and radio.
Or would have been, if they had TV and radio and newspapers.
It was considered to be a great thing.
But then problems came. There was a drought and a famine and a cholera epidemic. They came to their god and prayed and nothing happened.
Nothing is more worthless than something that you put your trust in that has no power.
Anything you can put together and guide cannot do anything for you in the long run. Anything that you were involved in the creation of is powerless to help you in the long run.
Only God is real. Only he can help you.
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