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Mere Idols

November 16th, 2014 · No Comments

Psalm 96:5 (New Living Translation)

The gods of other nations are mere idols,
but the Lord made the heavens!

This is pretty simple. Jehovah (YHWH) is the creator. Other gods are things that we—the created—made up on our own.

I like to pay homage to my own creations. That makes me feel big and strong and powerful. I AM A CREATOR! LET ME SCREAM IT TO THE HEAVENS!

ooops, who created the heavens? Who created me? Well, maybe I won’t do so much screaming about the little things that I “created.” Maybe I should praise the creator— Jehovah God.

That is all pretty simple. Why is it that I want to make it much more complicated? I guess I sometimes worship the god of complexity as that makes me seem so much smarter than I really am.

God help me with my foolishness.

Tags: Old Testament · Psalms

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