Contemplative Bible Reading

Romans 1:25 (New Living Translation)

They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.

This is a problem in man. We worship the first thing we see. We don’t tend to look beyond the immediate to what brought the immediate. Look back to verse 20 of this chapter:

For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

God’s creation shows His qualities and power. Do we worship God or what He created. Too often the answer is the latter.